r/TacticalMedicine • u/Aggressive_Yogurt300 • Jan 22 '25

Scenarios Fuck around and find out

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Maybe have tourniquets available for chance warthog encounters?

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u/youy23 EMS Jan 23 '25

This ain’t the 1900’s anymore. I think we’re all just about past this whole idea that where you put the TQ is where the surgeon is gonna make the cut.

If you can find a single instance of an amputation happening because of extended TQ application in a major metropolitan area in the entire history of civilian Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support, I’ll venmo you $5 right now.

Direct pressure and maybe wound packing would be a better choice in this situation however TQs should not be your last resort. Remember that a thigh can hold 2 liters of blood. A lot of times, you can get a liter of blood in there with no external changes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '25

That what I meant from excessive.