Applying a tourniquet can help slow or limit excessive bleeding in an emergency. It typically involves wrapping material around the source of bleeding and applying pressure to stop or slow bleeding.

If you ever found yourself in an emergency where someone was bleeding uncontrollably, would you know what to do? Understanding when and how to use a tourniquet could mean the difference between life ...

Name: Jeff Kirkham Patent No.: 9,168,044 Patent: Multi-Use Cleat: An easy-to-use tourniquet that stops blood flow with elasticity, like a rubber band wrapped repeatedly around a finger. I was Special ...

FORT DETRICK, MD -- Makers of the Combat Application Tourniquet™ have updated the design of the widely used tourniquet. The update has resulted in two different versions of the tourniquet currently in ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. (March 1, 2016) -- The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), a subordinate command within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), is fielding a new ...

A hair tourniquet occurs when a strand of hair wraps around a body part and cuts off circulation. Hair tourniquets can damage the nerves, skin tissue, and function of that body part. Hair tourniquets ...

An El Ejido resident saves his own life after a serious accident by using an improvised tourniquet – quick thinking that ...