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Originally posted by Surgicalcric
Hemorrhage control agents are a much better alternative to the tourniquet. It controls the bleeding without denying tissue distal to the injury of much needed oxygenated hemoglobin.
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Right. But I don't know if basic battlefield first aid has reflected this advance. I see new, easier to use tourniquet devices being marketed to troops. I think under stressful conditions, a non-medic type might be less able to distinguish hemorrhagic bleeding from severe bleeding and just slap a tourney on it. The result is more amputations than necessary. That is bad.