Tourniquet
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The Salt Lake City Officer encountered a car crash while in Europe and used a makeshift tourniquet to prevent the victim from bleeding out
Responders credited the 6-year-old boy’s father for using his belt to make a tourniquet around his son’s injured leg
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EMTs John Kahyaoglu and Tyler Smith demonstrated “outstanding patient care and quick actions in applying a tourniquet” to one of the injured patients
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DHS grant to teach tourniquet application puts direct pressure on kids to help other kids during a mass shooting and before EMS arrives
In the event of an MCI, there may be a number of victims who require immediate treatment to stop life-threatening hemorrhaging
New Mexico State Police Officer Edward Garcia and a bystander EMT applied the tourniquet to a man who lost his leg in a crash
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The 12-year-old girl used what she learned about creating a tourniquet from the popular book-turned-movie
The woman was conscious and talking while onlookers used a rubber surfboard leash as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding
Aaron Davis-Quinn took off his belt and used it as a makeshift tourniquet on a man’s arm
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Brendan Seney used his belt to tie a tourniquet around 15-year-old Nate Kahn’s leg after he was hit by an intoxicated driver
Teachers were taught how to apply a tourniquet and stop bleeding
The officer fixed tourniquets on both of the victim’s legs to stop arterial bleeding before EMTs arrived
A combined effort from bystanders, paramedics and the fire department saved the life of a woman and her baby
Police suspect illegal fireworks explosion responsible for girl’s hand amputation and blast injuries to her face
Medics treated the man’s significant left leg injury and bleeding from a homemade firework with a tourniquet
Soldiers from the 130th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade learn to ‘tourni-quet up’ and other combat live-saving techniques
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Bystander application of a tourniquet to ‘Stop the Bleed’ may mean the difference between life and death for a patient with severe hemorrhage
A police sergeant used his recent medical training to apply a tourniquet to slow the bleeding
