The purpose of a tourniquet is to stop the uncontrollable loss of blood. It should only be used in emergency situations as a last resort. Most of the time a touriquet is used, the tissues downstream are permanently damaged.
It's very rare you can't control even extreme bleeding with direct pressure.
to obtain blood from the vein for diferrent purposes.
It should never be loosened. That defeats its purpose. You should check to ensure it is still tight
The Tourniquet was created on 2005-05-30.
No, never put a tourniquet at the waist or neck.
The Collected Works of Tourniquet was created in 1996.
what is the maximum amount of time a tourniquet should left on
You've offered to apply a Band-Aid, when what I need is a tourniquet. Please don't apply a tourniquet unless you are certain that you can quickly deliver this patient to a doctor. Because direct pressure has not stopped the blood from gushing out of the wound, a tourniquet seems to be necessary.
A tourniquet is placed on a bleeding extremity in the case that bleeding can not be stopped by any other mean.
Bruising. But if you needed a tourniquet, bruising is the least of your problems.
Tourniquets are used to restrict blood flow to an area of the body, so they are used to stop blood loss through a wound if it can not be controlled in any other way.
no i can not ancer it
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