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2. Emergency tourniquet - Wikipedia

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   Existing guidelines call for the use of improvised "rope-and-stick" tourniquets as a last resort to stop severe bleeding. However, purpose-made tourniquet devices that are well designed can provide greatly increased safety and efficacy. [2] [4] Variability in performance has been shown to exist between various designs and application methods ...

3. Stop the Bleed trains people to help in emergencies ... - AOL

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   Those who completed the training receive a Stop the Bleed kit containing a tourniquet, gauze, scissors, flat dressing bandage, instruction booklet and gloves. Stop the Bleed was developed by ...

4. Stop The Bleed: Help save lives - AOL

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   There are 3 basic types of external bleeding. Stop The Bleed. ... If one tourniquet doesn’t stop the bleeding, a second can be applied 2 to 3 inches above the first. Do not apply tourniquets to ...

5. Emergency bleeding control - Wikipedia

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   External bleeding is generally described in terms of the origin of the blood flow by vessel type. The basic categories of external bleeding are: Arterial bleeding: As the name suggests, blood flow originating in an artery. With this type of bleeding, the blood is typically bright red to yellowish in colour, due to the high degree of oxygenation.

6. A lifesaving stop: UMass' Stop the Bleed training teaches ...

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   Students learn three techniques to control bleeding: applying pressure using one’s hands, packing a wound with gauze, and using a tourniquet. A lifesaving stop: UMass' Stop the Bleed training ...

7. Emergency Bandage - Wikipedia

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   For years, one of the most preventable causes of death in non-fatally wounded people has been the inability to quickly and effectively stop bleeding. [3] Military doctors Nolan Shipman and Charles S. Lessard write in Military Medicine journal that "[t]he first step in containing seriously wounded casualties is to control the hemorrhage as much as possible."