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  2. Equipment of an American combat medic - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Army combat medic does daily equipment check (2007) Combat medics of the United States military may put themselves at greater risk than many other roles on the battlefield. In recent conflicts, the enemies faced by a professional army (often insurgents) may not have respect for the laws of war and may actively target combat medics for the ...

  3. Tourniquet - Wikipedia

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    Tourniquet being applied to an arm on a training dummy A combat tourniquet commonly used by combat medics (military environment) and EMS (civilian environment).. A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood.

  4. List of United States Marine Corps individual equipment

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    It includes several bandages, a tourniquet, burn ointment, some water purification tablets, and QuikClot combat gauze, a kaolin-infused gauze bandage. [29] Individual Water Purification System allows Marines to purify water to potable standards. [30] These can be compatible with the standard issue hydration pack, similar to CamelBak brand packs.

  5. Battlefield medicine - Wikipedia

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    The priority is to continue the combat mission, gain fire superiority, and then treat casualties. [36] The only medical treatment rendered in care under fire is the application of direct pressure on massive bleeding. [36] Tactical combat casualty care recommends a tourniquet as the single most important treatment at the point of injury. [36]

  6. Emergency tourniquet - Wikipedia

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    However, given proper precautions, the occurrence of complications due to tourniquet use is quite rare. [9] Designed tourniquet devices are routinely tightened over healthy limbs during training with no ill effects, and recent evidence from combat hospitals in Iraq suggests that morbidity rates are low when users adhere to standard best practices.

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  8. Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Wikipedia

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    Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC or TC3), formerly known as Self Aid Buddy Care, [1] is a set of guidelines for trauma life support in prehospital combat medicine published by the United States Defense Health Agency. They are designed to reduce preventable deaths while maintaining operational success.

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