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Old 09-25-2006, 02:22 PM   #48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Superbird
dont freaking tourniquet limbs people think thats the best way to save some ones limbs. Its not if u kill the blood flow its very liky they will have to chop off the limb. Only tourniquet if its the last resort like ur in the woods and ur freind got shot in the leg and has massive blood loss and ur 10 miles away from a phone.
This statement is not totally true. In the US Army torniquets are used often and very safely. Civilian Docs use them during surgery for a few hours at a time and have very high success rates. In the right situation a tourniquet is the best and fastest way to save a limb not lose it.

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