Monday, April 30, 2012

Trauma Tourniquet in engine 2522

Hello everyone;

During apparatus checks on Saturday I found a new piece of equipment in the ALS/BLS medical bag on 2522, a brand new trauma tourniquet. It is unclear as to when it was placed in the med bag, and if there are any others in the department. But seeing as we have a new tool at our deposal I wanted to become as familiar as possible. I looked it up in our protocols and it was not very helpful. My next resource was YouTube. The link that I found is just a short video about applying a tourniquet, and it uses the same type of tourniquet that was placed in the bag.    

 

http://youtu.be/PYwrxgG9q0g

 

Thank you,

Robert

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