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How to use the word tourniquet in a Sentence?

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He noticed one person was bleeding profusely from the lower arm and he immediately applied a tourniquet to the arm to stop the bleeding, another person was unconscious but breathing.

Indiana State Police

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In terms of treatment, we treat shark bite injuries as we would any other trauma with hemorrhage, pressure, tourniquet, minimize blood loss [and] treat for shock.

Gavin Naylor

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

One of the things that she conveyed to me is that she didn’t get an opportunity to apply a tourniquet to one of the wounded men out there, it’s just, you know, extraordinary commitment, extraordinary police work. This city should be proud of its police officers.

David Brown

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I feel like it’s a tourniquet – we’re stopping the bleeding, and just wondering what’s going to happen next, i guess I am looking for some hope.

Rob King

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

At the time, I didn’t even realize my decision to use the scarf as a tourniquet was so crucial – I was on auto-pilot.

Tyler Hughes

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

When I saw his wound, I pulled down the pantleg to see the wound, I did not find an exit wound I knew he was in big trouble, because that meant it went up and I'd seen things like this in Iraq, we were able to use a belt at first, until a tourniquet came, and then I found a clotting bandage and got that on and was able to do what we do in theater, and he literally left in a helicopter just like in theater.

Brad Wenstrup

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.

Christopher Willingham

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

Investors are coming to terms with what a Chinese renminbi devaluation means for Western markets. It means global deflation and recession, the western manufacturing sector will choke under this imported deflationary tourniquet. Indeed U.S. manufacturing seems to be suffering particularly badly already.

Albert Edwards

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

OK, listen, tell them, do not use a tourniquet.

Jennifer Hatley

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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