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Lets talk tourniquets!!

Tourniquets are used to stop major bleeding in the arms or legs.

Blood that can’t be controlled with direct pressure

2” – 3” about the wound / high and tight

2 hours with no problem … could be longer

Improvised:

You really need a windlass

More than likely you are making a pressure bandage

Commercial:

Until recently, the CoTCCC recommended three tourniquets for combat use: the North American Rescue C-A-T, the Tactical Medical Solutions SOFTT-W, and the Delfi Medical Innovations EMT.

Current TCCC Recommended List:

• Combat Application Tourniquet (C-A-T) Gen 7 and Gen 6
• Ratcheting Medical Tourniquet -Tactical (RMT-T)
• SAM Extremity Tourniquet (SAM-XT)
• SOF Tactical Tourniquet – Wide (SOFTT-W)
• Tactical Mechanical Tourniquet (TMT)
• TX2” Tourniquet (TX2) and TX3” Tourniquet (TX3)

Others on the market

• RATS
• TK4
• SWAT-T
• Recon
• Kids Tq

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