(29 June 2012, 02:06)Nemesis Wrote: If the victim was shot in a crime, try to make sure that the gunman is no longer on the scene. Wear personal protective equipment if available.
If the victim perpatrated the crime and my neighbors or I shot him, I doubt that any treatment would be forthcoming...
Quote:Never use a tourniquet except to:
save a life when excessive bleeding can not be stopped by pressure or to go to get help as when alone, then to
arm or leg only and above bleeding (never on any other part of the body.)!
Never use wire, string or similar narrow material that cause new cut or bursting injury and new bleeding injuries when tightened.
Use a triangular bandage as a tourniquet on an arm or leg if necessary. If you apply a tourniquet, mark the patient's forehead with "TK" and the time applied with a ballpoint pen or marker!
Don't buy the ready-made variety of triangular bandage however. Save your money. Go to your local fabric store, buy a square (36" X 36") or two of the cheapest unbleached muslin available, fold as a triangle, 1 fold corner to corner, and cut along the fold with "pinking" shears. Store each in a "Zip-Loc" freezer bag with 2 large safey pins. This can be used as a tourniquet, a sling, or a valpo bandage to immobilize an arm or shoulder, as well as a tourniquet.
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