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 ...

This discussion was recorded on July 12, 2024. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Robert D. Glatter, MD: Hi and welcome. I'm Dr Robert Glatter, medical advisor for Medscape Emergency ...

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 ...

Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West, the new Army Surgeon General, posed the battlefield medicine question Thursday that had no answer until recently: “How do you put a tourniquet around the chest?” It couldn’t be ...

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 ...

After the Boston bombings, 27 patients with life-threatening bleeding were saved by placement of tourniquets applied at the scene. If someone was bleeding uncontrollably, would you know what to do?