Safety & Environmental Protection (Deck) USCG Question #1505 (Set 46)

As a last resort, what can a tourniquet can be used for?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option B — stop uncontrolled bleeding

First aid standards authorize a tourniquet exclusively as a last-resort intervention to stop massive, uncontrolled hemorrhage from a limb when direct pressure and pressure dressings prove entirely ineffective against life-threatening blood loss.

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