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Old 05-13-2006, 20:10   #13
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Crip,
as I mentioned, I am referring to civilian medicine, not military. The rules are very different in your world. We have learned from the military experience and have modified it. The circumstances in the civilian world are usually much different than in combat.
But, the idea of an easier time occluding the radial or ulnar artery flow by placing the tourniquet higher (on the axillary or brachial artery) is incorrect. I have proven this time and time again. It absolutely depends on the type of tourniquet used, the physics of the instrument and how it is applied and the desired effect of it.
Any doc, medic, etc can prove this with a doppler on the distal radial artery while they apply different tourniquets to different levels of the arm....try it, don't take my word for it. People should believe because they challange dogma, not just by listening to "experts"....just my 2 cents.

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