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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Trauma

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The use of a tourniquet is now used earlier to stop hemorrhaging if direct pressure doesn’t work. What other item may be used?

Rubber band
Sphygmomanometer
Shoe laces
Larno-meter

Explanation

Answer: B - Instead of a tourniquet, a sphygmomanometer may be used to stop hemorrhaging. A sphygmomanometer can be an effective tourniquet if it is inflated to 20-30 mmHg above the patient’s systolic blood pressure. However, if a tourniquet is used to control hemorrhaging, once applied, it should not be released.

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