Added tourniquet to my thigh pocket

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I'm the OP. My thinking came from previous stories and finally this one-

Man Killed by Shark in Maui ID’d as Recently Retired Optometrist From NorCal

He was missing one leg from the knee down. I'm not a trained medic, so bear with me. Maybe these times are about right to bleed out-

"Femoral Artery: 5-60 minutes. The doctors also noted: “Pretty unusual to see these without compression by EMS)

Popliteal Artery: Located behind the knee, would be similar (but slightly less) to cutting the femoral artery."

So victim gets bit, long does it take to get them on deck or on shore? Are they going to bleed to death in the mean time? Can we get them up in say 10 minutes? My guess is maybe or no. Step one has always been stop the bleeding, Thus my thinking as to using a tourniquet.

Then a question is which tourniquet? I have no idea what is best. I thought an Israeli wrap might work as the long silicone strap wouldn't be bothered by salt water and repeated immersion. Maybe not such a good idea.

https://www.ratchetingbuckles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EVAL-2012-12-Phase_I-m2-.pdf

Thoughts?

Femoral artery bleed out is 30-90 SECONDS, not 5-60 minutes. The best TQ's on the market at this time are the SOFTW and CAT. refer to my earlier post on which is better for Salt water use and why.

If it's a missing limb, I'd use whatever is available to make a makeshift tourniquet. I'm pretty certain I'd find something suitable. Worst case, I have some 2m of webbing on my backplate.

Anything less, I'd follow my first aid training. And I don't believe that a torniquet would be necessary to handle any of the scenarios I've been trained on; a pressure bandage would probably be sufficient in 99+ % of those scenarios.

I'm sorry, but this whole comment is just a big ball of "NO".

If somebody is loosing blood, regardless of Arterial or Venous bleed, you don't have time to be looking around for supplies to make a half ass TQ, and I'm saying this from personal experience on multiple occasions. And saying you have 2" webbing is the same piss poor argument that you always have a belt on.

Tourniquet's are cheap, and pretty small. If you have o2 or a med kit on board, there is absolutely no reason you can't have the proper equipment on board.
 
Don't understand the resistance to the tourniquets. Yes you are supposed to engage your brain before deciding to use one, would be ridiculous to reach for one when a band aid be just fine. But if you can't stop the red liquid from getting out a limb without it, why not?
And if a tourniquet is potentially useful, then learn to use it and get one, cost less than spare air, and belongs in any thought out first aid kit.
I don't have pockets in the suits I use, I wouldn't take with me underwater, but is in the boat inside the Oh Crap! waterproof case.
For the last 4 years or so I only had one kit of just blood stooping items and it wasn't very complete; a tourniquet a bunch of different bandages n square gauzes. Then last month my son showed up with all kinds of items blood stopping related, the boat is very close but what about the first aid kit in the house, or the cars. So a few more tourniquets, several Israeli bandages, some of the sticky valve like devices for holes in the body that not only throw blood but also air, and also the bandage that has the coagulant goo with tracer for x-rays. All items you hope to never use, but...
To say people are over reacting after 9/11 seems to sugar coat reality. Even people that minimize risks to a point they limit "dangerous" activities are at a real risk of random violence.
9/11 was a bunch of years ago, but the violence is recent. Depending on you location of course, but I get the feeling all of us was within a few postal codes of some nastiness no more than 6 months ago. That's just humans coming out of nowhere and ruining the day, then we have to add real accidents, dumb accidents and the negligent kind and finally dearest mother nature.
I'm not paranoid, but have the time and inclination to be prepared.
 
So a few more tourniquets, several Israeli bandages, some of the sticky valve like devices for holes in the body that not only throw blood but also air, and also the bandage that has the coagulant goo with tracer for x-rays...I'm not paranoid....
Well...
 
Well. Ok you tell me. I have a pillow in my bed and also a pillow on the boat.

Call me lazy but if I have to put a tourniquet because something happen in the garage, maybe some of my parts had a bad interaction with the woodworking power tools, I don't feel like getting on the boat to get something that should be in the house first aid kit.

Same for a car accident.

I rather have things handy. No?
 
So a few more tourniquets, several Israeli bandages, some of the sticky valve like devices for holes in the body that not only throw blood but also air, and also the bandage that has the coagulant goo with tracer for x-rays.

Those sticky bandages are called chest seals, and their only use is for a sucking chest wound. Combat gauze has no "goo", it is impregnated with Kaolin.

Please seek training before using combat gauze as it CANNOT be used in certain parts of the body, namely the neck, torso, and gut areas.
 
Well. Ok you tell me. I have a pillow in my bed and also a pillow on the boat.

Call me lazy but if I have to put a tourniquet because something happen in the garage, maybe some of my parts had a bad interaction with the woodworking power tools, I don't feel like getting on the boat to get something that should be in the house first aid kit.

Same for a car accident.

I rather have things handy. No?
OK, sorry, I thought you were keeping all that together in one kit, which might have sounded a little overly concerned about disaster.
 
Femoral artery bleed out is 30-90 SECONDS, not 5-60 minutes. The best TQ's on the market at this time are the SOFTW and CAT. refer to my earlier post on which is better for Salt water use and why.

So your recommendation for a tourniquet for use in / around salt water is a SOFTW tourniquet? You seem to be qualified to make the call.
 
So your recommendation for a tourniquet for use in / around salt water is a SOFTW tourniquet? You seem to be qualified to make the call.

Considering nobody here is a member of the CoTCCC, and there is no guidance on the subject from them, nobody here is qualified to make that call. However my job involves a good deal of being in and around salt water, and my experiences have been that SOFTW last longer. I'm all ears if your experiences on the subject have been different.
 
The tourniquet was abandoned as a first aid tool several decades ago around here. If you need to stop a serious bleed, a pressure bandage is much, much better than a torniquet which will cut off circulation. A torniquet should be a last effort, when all other measures have proved to be ineffective. Like, when someone has lost a limb.

When dealing with trauma, a tourniquet is the fastest and easiest way to stop a bleed. Also contrary to belief if you used a tourniquet, you won’t lose the limb: just remember the rule, high and tight, in case the artery starts to retract you’ll still get it.

Also the only tourniquets worth a damn are CAT generation 4s BUT, you have to make sure you don’t get a knockoff
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/swift/

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