Ironworker
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I keep a first aid kit in all my vehicles, better to have it and not need it, than needed and not have it.
That instructor was blowing smoke up your butt. That may have been what was taught a while ago, but now we have a large amount of evidence that shows little to no detrimental effect to a patient when a tourniquet is applied and removed within six hours. Just do yourself a favor and practice using it. You'll know its tight enough when you lose your pulse distal to the tourniquet. (place it above your elbow and check for a pulse in your wrist.) It hurts, but it beats the alternative.Oh, I don't doubt you guys one bit. The instructor was probably just saying that for liability, or didn't want to cover it, I guess. Just didn't know when to apply one and when not too. I'll have to find a decent book and look into it more. Again, thanks for all the replies. Definitely set me straight on the tourniquet.
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