The tourniquet has saved many thousands of lives and limbs in war zones around the world, but misuse of the device is causing ...

Tourniquets can even be found in the pockets of tactical pants. Most agencies don’t have a policy in place that standardizes the placement of the tourniquet on the LEO’s belt or tactical vest.

New data reveals soldiers are losing limbs due to prolonged use of battlefield tourniquets, with medics warning that outdated ...

That's because two days before the shooting, Wingrove received his department-issued tactical tourniquet -- one of 5,000 distributed to patrol officers as part of a new Police Department initiative.

Alphapointe received the first patent for its Tactical Mechanical Tourniquet. The Kansas City-based nonprofit developed the tourniquet in conjunction with the military, but it's busy defending its ...

The Tactical Mechanical Tourniquet (TMT) is a hemorrhage control device specifically designed for massive hemorrhage control of an extremity. Using lessons learned from the battlefield, the TMT is ...

We are modernizing and procuring everything from these tourniquets and medic kits to the X-Ray machines that will be diagnosing them later,” said Yegor Podgorsky, project manager.

Anyone can learn to use a tourniquet, and everyone should have a commercially made tourniquet in their first aid kit. Two is even better. When you purchase a tourniquet, look for one with a wide ...

When it comes to tactical first aid, it’s unlikely that civilians can achieve quite the same improvements in survivability that the military can.

All Philadelphia patrol cops and detectives received tactical tourniquets in November 2013, along with a four-hour course on how to use them -- a move credited with saving at least two lives ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Enhanced tactical emergency training for first responders is making them more prepared to respond to the growing risk of active shooter situations, or mass casualty ...