Question 21 · LDEK · Trauma
Tactical tourniquets may be used to stop bleeding:
- A. only in the case of bleeding from gunshot injuries.
- B. only after confirmation that the source of bleeding is an artery and not a vein.
- C. only distally from the knee or the elbow.
- D. always in every bleeding.
- E. always if the hemorrhage cannot be managed by the direct pressure on the wound.
Hint
Think about the stepwise approach to external limb haemorrhage and the point at which direct pressure is no longer enough.
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