Comments on: What You Should Have in Your First Aid Kit http://mtobikes.com/what-you-should-have-in-your-first-aid-kit/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sean Mitchell http://mtobikes.com/what-you-should-have-in-your-first-aid-kit/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Sean Mitchell Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:24:19 +0000 http://mtobikes.com/?p=237#comment-2731 Tourniquets are ONLY useful as a last-ditch effort to stop severe bleeding that is about to take someone's life. Their use all but guarantees amputation of the limb it's applied to, as cutting off the blood flow to tissue for any amount of time can cause severe and unrepairable damage. I'm not saying there isn't a time and a place for their use, but your article makes it sound like you can just throw one on any bad cut and not cause any new problems (like a dead limb). On a related note, I'm planning to add some of this to my bike bag: http://www.lifescienceplus.com/bloodstop/general-gauze Tourniquets are ONLY useful as a last-ditch effort to stop severe bleeding that is about to take someone’s life. Their use all but guarantees amputation of the limb it’s applied to, as cutting off the blood flow to tissue for any amount of time can cause severe and unrepairable damage.

I’m not saying there isn’t a time and a place for their use, but your article makes it sound like you can just throw one on any bad cut and not cause any new problems (like a dead limb).

On a related note, I’m planning to add some of this to my bike bag:

http://www.lifescienceplus.com/bloodstop/general-gauze

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