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Always worth doing a refresher on first aid procedure now that we're basically always in the cool zone.
Remember tourniquets are only if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure.
Tourniquets come with their own down sides, such as nerve damage, and ischemia. They are really a life over limb thing. They are also extremely painful.
This is from the BLM protests of a person with a wound in their leg from a rubber bullet. They are not bleeding at all, and they certainly don't need a TQ applied.
Someone gets a little too excited and straps one on. You can hear how painful it is, since he starts screaming.
A belt is used in the video actually, not a manufactured TQ, which is much less effective than an actual TQ
Don't be that person, You can and should bring first aid supplies to protests, but know how to use them or you will hurt someone.
Tourniquets come with their own down sides, such as nerve damage, and ischemia. They are really a life over limb thing. They are also extremely painful.
This has been deprecated in recent years. I believe the current wisdom is that a tourniquet is fine as long as you get them to a hospital within 8-10 hours. Double check me, but I believe it's currently advised to use a tourniquet to control serious bleeding if you have one available and let the surgery team worry about it later.
Note: I'm just some guy, please watch videos from reputable sources (red cross, hospitals) and check with your street medics.
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Remember tourniquets are only if you cannot control the bleeding with direct pressure. Tourniquets come with their own down sides, such as nerve damage, and ischemia. They are really a life over limb thing. They are also extremely painful.
I really hate to link this guy but this video is a great example of when not to use a tourniquet. Its the least fash video of this incident I can find trust me
This is from the BLM protests of a person with a wound in their leg from a rubber bullet. They are not bleeding at all, and they certainly don't need a TQ applied. Someone gets a little too excited and straps one on. You can hear how painful it is, since he starts screaming. A belt is used in the video actually, not a manufactured TQ, which is much less effective than an actual TQ
Don't be that person, You can and should bring first aid supplies to protests, but know how to use them or you will hurt someone.
This has been deprecated in recent years. I believe the current wisdom is that a tourniquet is fine as long as you get them to a hospital within 8-10 hours. Double check me, but I believe it's currently advised to use a tourniquet to control serious bleeding if you have one available and let the surgery team worry about it later.
Note: I'm just some guy, please watch videos from reputable sources (red cross, hospitals) and check with your street medics.
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