Recent content by Jason0130

Looking over our protocols, which were just updated this week, even a crush injury/compression syndrome we are not meant to infuse fluids unless we suspect the limb's been compressed for over an hour (it also DOES now authorize the IV bicarb as well in that case). I recall in medic school they...

Well you hit on my concerns with leaving it on. You figure 10 minutes before people even call 911 in some cases, 10 minutes until we get there, 10 minutes on scene and a 10 minute drive to the hospital, the duration of time a tourniquet will be in place adds up. Our protocols don't authorize...

So I've used this forum many times as a reference when I had questions, but I finally registered to ask a question to which I've not found a great answer. Something I've found a few times, three times in my whole 2 years as a medic, is tourniquets on a patient that have been applied by a...