Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of self-applied tourniquets in human volunteers.
Tourniquets are not commonly used in routine extremity trauma, but can be vital for hemorrhage control in austere conditions. ⋯ Some commercially available tourniquets do not reliably occlude arterial blood flow and may not be successful in preventing extremity exsanguination in a trauma patient. Potential purchasers of such devices should bear this in mind when selecting a device for clinical use.