Emergency tourniquet

High school (ages 12+)
Safety & Emergency

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/emergency-tourniquet

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the primary application?Control of severe, life-threatening hemorrhage from limb trauma
2. How does a tourniquet stop bleeding?The strap goes around the limb and a rod called a windlass is turned to tighten it. The pressure made by the strap is higher than the pressure inside the blood vessels, so the blood can’t flow through.
3. Why does the tourniquet have to be very tight?Blood in arteries pushes hard against the walls. The tourniquet must squeeze harder than that so it can stop the blood from moving past the wound.

Catastrophic Hemorrhage: Massive and rapid blood loss that poses an immediate threat to life.
Circumferential Application: Wrapping a device completely around a limb or body part.
Ischemia: Reduced blood flow to a body part, potentially causing damage.