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Luckily, Tiff was able to create a tourniquet with her belt to stop the bleeding and save his leg. “To think, I was gonna call in sick today,” she joked after he was out of harm’s way. Bennett Raglin/CBS Once the case was solved, Tiff further explained her decision to leave the...
12. Use aBPcuff rather than a tourniquet.If the patient has lowBP, it would be best to use aBPcuff inflated to appropriate pressure to make the veins dilate. This technique can also be useful for older patients and those with veins that are too difficult to access. For patients withhypovo...
Realistic training drills will improve the coordination of this aspect of an MCI and make all vehicle traffic more fluid. Staging operations: Incorporate staging into your next MCI drill. The lack of a formal staging area and officer could le...
A bleeding artery in an extremity, such as the femoral artery high in the leg, can kill a person in as quickly as three minutes if not brought under control. Do your best to tighten a tourniquet around such an extremity between the wound and the heart, and make that bleeding stop...
A course of metronidazole and a home visit from a Public Health consultant followed. This left me very little time to write The Great Novel. I roughed out a plot, the usual semi-autobiographical guff, and showed it to my then wife who pronounced it awful. Early one morning, unable to ...
After the shooting:Brooks and other congressmen — including Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, andFlake, used Brooks’ belt as a tourniquet to slow Scalise’s bleeding, Brooks said. Wenstrup, who has experience as a doctor, said he performed “what you call a sweep, ...
A smartphone could well be the most important tool for a baggage-less traveler. It can store your boarding passes and other important documents, make phone calls from virtually anywhere in the world (with a swappable SIM card) and even act as a miniature blogging tool. ...
If the situation requires your hands to be free, or you’re having trouble keeping pressure on the wound, you can make a pressure bandage. Place gauze over the wound and wrap it tightly with something like an ace wrap or bandanna. Your goal isnotto make a tourniquet, you should be able...