The war in Ukraine is exposing the dangers of prolonged tourniquet use. US special operations medics are adapting.

Source: Business Insider

A student at the Special Operations Combat Medic Course and School applies a tourniquet to a simulated wound during a casualty scenario at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Feb. 16, 2023. Petty Officer 2nd Class Russell Lindsey/US NavyLessons from Ukraine are reshaping battlefield medicine as prolonged evacuations become more likely.