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As a precaution, houses of worship in New Jersey are getting bleeding control kits (whyy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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They encourage all worshipers to understand how to stop the bleeding if someone is shot or stabbed.

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[–] dustyData 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On a technical comment. In my country the use of tourniquets is not allowed for civilians and was excluded from first aid training. Only certified emergency paramedics are allowed to apply one now. Too many panicked well intended but ultimately confused people used them wrong and caused a lot of deaths from complication to people who would've otherwise survived.

[–] RGB3x3 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Banning tourniquets is really dumb. The number one way people die after getting shot (besides the bullet) is from bleeding. It only takes a couple minutes for you to bleed out and die, and tourniquets save lives.

[–] dustyData 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I agree but people were putting them on superficial stab wounds, not tightening them sufficiently, and wouldn't control time of placement correctly leading to several preventable deaths. People who weren't even remotely in life or death situations ended up death from tourniquet related complications. Weapons and gunshot wounds on limbs aren't even remotely as frequent as in the US to warrant having tourniquets used by first aid amateurs. It's even part of some EU nations first aid training materials to exclude them from lay people first aid training other than explaining risk and dangers and only certified paramedics can apply them.