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Re: First aid ,CPR after shooting?

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:33 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
Regarding tourniquets:

Some of our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, when out on patrol,
pre-wrap themselves with tourniquets on their limbs so that if
they are involved in an IED explosion, they just have to tighten
it in order to better their survival chances.

SIA