Improvised: Adult Pant Leg Tourniquet

Having proven the improvised pant-leg tourniquet works on children via doppler ultrasound, Dr. Shertz demonstrates the technique on an adult. If no commercially available tourniquet is available, a successful tourniquet can be made using the casualty’s own clothing: Cut up the pants line including the seams, wrap the fabric around the limb, tie a square knot, and tighten with a windlass. *Ideally, the windlass should be secured with another strip of fabric. This video demonstrates an easy way to hold the windlass in place without an additional tie, but it could come loose during casualty movement.
The pediatric version can be seen at: www.youtube.co...

[@tacticalveterinarian]

Very cool video! Love seeing improvised and "outside the box" methods for emergency and tactical medicine!

[@CrisisMedicineTraining]

Thanks. We'd prefer to use commercially available tourniquets, but failing to plan for the unexpected is planning to fail. Always be prepared.

[@CrisisMedicineTraining]

Thanks! We recently released a series of Improvised techniques you might want to check out - 8 of the 10part series have been uploaded already. Check the website if you'd like to see the rest sooner www.crisis-medicine.com/improvised

[@norsemanbushcrafting1621]

Clever

[@jc4074]

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