Applying a tourniquet can help slow or limit excessive bleeding in an emergency. It typically involves wrapping material around the source of bleeding and applying pressure to stop or slow bleeding.

Tourniquets are bands that you tie tightly around a bleeding wound on an arm or leg to apply pressure and slow down blood loss. Here are the steps for correctly applying one. You may need a tourniquet ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) -- 300 CAT generation 7 tourniquets and 200 Israeli bandages have been donated by OSF HealthCare to the Rockford Police Department. The new equipment will be added to first-aid kits in ...

With the help of Hans the manikin, students in the Stop the Bleed program learn how to apply tourniquets at Harborview Medical Center. In emergency situations, severe bleeding is a common cause of ...