Tourniquet
noun
A device, typically a tightened band, used to stop bleeding by squeezing a vein or artery.
The paramedic quickly applied a tourniquet to the man's leg to stop the bleeding.
Often appears as...
- apply a tourniquet
- tourniquet pressure
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A turning device, such as a screw or strap, used to tighten or hold something securely.
He used a tourniquet to secure the load to the truck.
Often appears as...
- tighten the tourniquet
- secure with a tourniquet
noun
A device, typically a tightened band, used to stop bleeding by squeezing a vein or artery.
The paramedic quickly applied a tourniquet to the man's leg to stop the bleeding.
Often appears as...
- apply a tourniquet
- tourniquet pressure
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A turning device, such as a screw or strap, used to tighten or hold something securely.
He used a tourniquet to secure the load to the truck.
Often appears as...
- tighten the tourniquet
- secure with a tourniquet
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Usage
Used mainly in urgent medical situations to stop severe bleeding and save lives.
After the accident, a bystander quickly fashioned a tourniquet from a belt to help the victim.
Pro Tip 2/3First Aid Kit
Often found in medical kits, indicating its importance in first aid.
Make sure your first aid kit contains a tourniquet for emergency situations.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Training
Application usually requires basic medical knowledge or training.
The first aid course taught us how to apply a tourniquet correctly.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Usage
Used mainly in urgent medical situations to stop severe bleeding and save lives.
After the accident, a bystander quickly fashioned a tourniquet from a belt to help the victim.
Pro Tip 2/3First Aid Kit
Often found in medical kits, indicating its importance in first aid.
Make sure your first aid kit contains a tourniquet for emergency situations.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Training
Application usually requires basic medical knowledge or training.
The first aid course taught us how to apply a tourniquet correctly.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Usage
Used mainly in urgent medical situations to stop severe bleeding and save lives.
After the accident, a bystander quickly fashioned a tourniquet from a belt to help the victim.
Pro Tip 2/3First Aid Kit
Often found in medical kits, indicating its importance in first aid.
Make sure your first aid kit contains a tourniquet for emergency situations.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Training
Application usually requires basic medical knowledge or training.
The first aid course taught us how to apply a tourniquet correctly.
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Poison vs. venom: What's...
So, what should you do if something bites or poisons you? Don't try any of the things you've seen on the internet or in movies! Don't try to capture and kill the animal that bit you, and don't use a tourniquet or knife on your wound. Most importantly, don't panic!
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Michelle had landed right beside him his head was at my shoulder when I put this tourniquet around him and I could see his like shredded I said I knew I couldn't cope with that when I found out that he had died
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I survived a terrorist...
And I wasn't ready for that all to end. I was so determined to survive that I used my scarf to tie tourniquets around the tops of my legs,
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Poison vs. venom: What's...
So, what should you do if something bites or poisons you? Don't try any of the things you've seen on the internet or in movies! Don't try to capture and kill the animal that bit you, and don't use a tourniquet or knife on your wound. Most importantly, don't panic!
Video examples
Watch This Veteran Fly...
Michelle had landed right beside him his head was at my shoulder when I put this tourniquet around him and I could see his like shredded I said I knew I couldn't cope with that when I found out that he had died
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I survived a terrorist...
And I wasn't ready for that all to end. I was so determined to survive that I used my scarf to tie tourniquets around the tops of my legs,
Example 1 of 3
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Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
It was the summer of 1968 or so, and Dad and my little brother were out camping. While up in the mountains, my brother was bitten by a rattlesnake. As they raced back to the base, my dad sucked out the venom and used his hands as a tourniquet and probably save his life, for it was a serious bite, and he was just a little kid.
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Elizabeth Holmes
American Businessman
The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood.
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Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Although focusing is best pursued as a deliberate strategy over a period of time, it is also valuable as a kind of psychological first-aid, as useful to a distressed, 'stuck' person as a tourniquet to an accident victim.
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Michelle Keegan
English Actress
I know how to use a tourniquet, a bandage, I know how to stitch, how to do CPR and a lot of technical bits too.
Quote examples
Rick Tumlinson
American Businessman
It was the summer of 1968 or so, and Dad and my little brother were out camping. While up in the mountains, my brother was bitten by a rattlesnake. As they raced back to the base, my dad sucked out the venom and used his hands as a tourniquet and probably save his life, for it was a serious bite, and he was just a little kid.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Holmes
American Businessman
The art of phlebotomy originated with bloodletting in 1400 B.C., and the modern clinical lab emerged in the 1960s - and it has not fundamentally evolved since then. You go in, sit down, they put a tourniquet on your arm, stick you with a needle, take these tubes and tubes of blood.
Quote examples
Marilyn Ferguson
American Writer
Although focusing is best pursued as a deliberate strategy over a period of time, it is also valuable as a kind of psychological first-aid, as useful to a distressed, 'stuck' person as a tourniquet to an accident victim.
Quote examples
Michelle Keegan
English Actress
I know how to use a tourniquet, a bandage, I know how to stitch, how to do CPR and a lot of technical bits too.
Example 1 of 4
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