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Survival With Emergency Tourniquet Use to Stop Bleeding in Major Limb Trauma
Annals of Surgery, 12/31/08
Kragh JF et al. - Tourniquet use when shock was absent was strongly associated with saved lives, and prehospital use was also strongly associated with lifesaving. No limbs were lost due to tourniquet use. Education and fielding of prehospital tourniquets in the military environment should continue.
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