An improvised tourniquet may be made from available materials in emergency situations. Medical professionals use this type of ...

In an emergency, knowing how to use a tourniquet can save an injured person's limb—or even their life. While it's best for a ...

or even keeping gauze in place (if medical tape isn’t available). If a disaster causes a cellular coverage outage, online maps may not work. In your emergency kit or car, keep physical maps of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A new training program that allows officers with the New Orleans Police Department to become certified as emergency medical ... bleeding with a tourniquet or wound packing ...

For Gregory, the incident was a wakeup call: everyone, not just school medical staff, needs to know how to use ... The contents of one of the new emergency tourniquet kits from Stop the Bleed, a group ...

Learning how to stop or slow bleeding until professional emergency medical services (EMS ... Pack the wound with clean cloth or gauze. Apply a tourniquet for injuries to arms or legs. Signs of ...

Sea Cadets work with mannequin patients during a medical training program at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, held July 28-Aug. 3. Some of ...

Emergencies happen anywhere, anytime, and sometimes, medical professionals find themselves ... A young EMT who was there had put an informal tourniquet on her leg, but she was still bleeding.

Blood immediately began to stream from the wound. Rich’s son Chris Colarik called 911 and used a belt as a tourniquet to stop or slow the bleeding. As emergency medical personnel from Madison Fire ...

The Talbot Paramedic Foundation is conducting their annual direct mail fund drive appeal for 2024.  The foundation is a ...