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2. Emergency tourniquet - Wikipedia

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   Emergency tourniquets are cuff-like devices designed to stop severe traumatic bleeding before or during transport to a care facility. They are wrapped around the limb, proximal to the site of trauma , and tightened until all blood vessels underneath are occluded.

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. Emergency medical responder - Wikipedia

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   "Emergency medical responder", or "EMR", [2] is an EMS certification level recognized by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. [ 3 ] The term "emergency medical responder" is used loosely in many states, with "first responder" and "medical first responder" still being common terms.

5. Tactical emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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   A certification, the NAEMT TCCC (National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Tactical Combat Casualty Care) certification is earned at the end of these training courses. [10] The training generally consists of a 16 hour course where trainees complete online training modules as well as real-world combat casualty care scenarios.

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   As she waited for an ambulance, her friends called her mother, who advised putting a tourniquet around Scott-Windham’s ankle to choke off the blood flow. Woman shot in New Orleans attack ...

7. Tactical Combat Casualty Care - Wikipedia

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   As an enemy is suppressed, casualties can move or be moved to more secure positions. The only medical treatment rendered in CUF is stopping life-threatening hemorrhaging (bleeding). TCCC actively endorses and recommends the early and immediate use of tourniquets to control massive external hemorrhaging of limbs.