Stop The Bleed: Tourniquet Application

A detailed look at using a tourniquet for bleeding control. In this video a North American Rescue Combat Application Tourniquet (NAR CAT) is used as an example. Want to skip right to the application of the CAT?

Intermediate - 10 min - Health & Care - PrepMedic

The full course: Learn EMT & First Aid free

What you'll need

• First aid kit: Home, car and work.
• CPR training manikin: Practise compressions.
• Trauma shears: Every EMT carries a pair.
• Tourniquet: Stop the bleed.
• Penlight: Pupil checks.

Books

1. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. - View on Amazon
2. First Aid Manual by DK Publishing - View on Amazon
3. Wilderness Medicine by William W. Forgey - View on Amazon

Next lessons

• Stop Bleeding ⎮ Save Lives (21 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• Treating a Bullet Wound⎮Gunshot First Aid⎮ (23 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• How to build an IFAK and save money! (18 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• Infant CPR (Basic Life Support) (9 min, PrepMedic, Beginner)
• Skinny Medic’s Civilian Medical Trauma Kit (13 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• How to Build a Home First Aid Kit (20 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• Nontraditional Career Paths in EMS (20 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)
• First Aid "Hacks" That Work.... and Some That Don't (12 min, PrepMedic, Intermediate)