• Pediatric emergency care · Oct 2020

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    Tourniquets in Major Extremity Trauma.

    • Susan Fuchs.
    • From the Professor, Pediatrics Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston; and EMS Medical Director, Division of Emergency Medicine Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
    • Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Oct 1; 36 (10): 489-494.

    AbstractMuch has been learned about hemorrhage control using tourniquets from wartime experiences, and recent mass casualty events. The use of tourniquets for extremity hemorrhage is a lifesaving skill for all providers to learn.

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