HEMORRHAGE CONTROL TOURNIQUET

This procedure may be performed on any patient that has bleeding from an extremity than can not be controlled by direct pressure.

A.  Apply tourniquet proximal to the bleeding site.
B.  Absolute contraindication: Bleeding has stopped
C.  If bleeding is not controlled, consider additional tightening or applying a second tourniquet proximal side by side to the first.
D.  Record the time of tourniquet application, on the patient, that is clearly visible.