Example Sentences

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A witness said a local bystander helped the woman, who had dragged herself to safety onto a nearby wharf, by applying tourniquets to stem the bleeding until paramedics arrived.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

This, he said, included a range of issues -- better tourniquets, digitalisation and better communication.

From Reuters • Nov. 19, 2023

The therapies these healers provide—sucking venom from the wound, applying tourniquets and offering charred animal bones called “black stones”—not only delay access to care but also can lead to additional medical complications.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023

California enacted a law last year that requires larger newly constructed buildings to provide “trauma kits” that contain first aid items, including tourniquets.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

Around her, doctors, nurses, and medics sprang into gear, hanging IV bottles on poles and throwing extra tourniquets around their shoulders.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge