IL Department Adopts Military-Style Tourniquet for Bleeding, Pelvic Stabilization

Carolyn Stein – Naperville Sun (Naperville, Ill.)

The Naperville Fire Department has added a new emergency medical device to its toolbox — one used to treat injuries and save lives in military settings.

A SAM junctional tourniquet, which controls hemorrhages in places like the groin and armpit, is now available to emergency crews to stop severe bleeding and to act as a binder for fractures in the pelvic area…

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