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WINDLASS TOURNIQUET [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • First Aid
DEF

An emergency cuff-like device used to stop the loss of blood and comprising a strap for wrapping around the limb and a stick to be tightened until bleeding stops.

CONT

The initial CF [Canadian Forces] tourniquet was improvised from surgical tubing and progressed to field-durable, user-friendly, light windlass tourniquets that have proven themselves highly effective in the laboratory and on the battlefield. Currently every deployed CF soldier is trained to use and carries at least 1 commercially available windlass tourniquet, such as a Combat Application Tourniquet(CAT)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Secourisme
DEF

Garrot de secours muni d'une sangle servant de brassard et d'un tourniquet qu'il suffit de tourner pour serrer la sangle afin d'arrêter l'hémorragie.

Spanish

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