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First-Aid and Basic Medicine | Tuesday | Period Two
Once again, Bruce's classroom was arranged with clusters of desks throughout the room and a sparsely-stocked first-aid kit on every table. Unfortunately for everyone, the dummy from last week was back and sitting on Bruce's desk at the front of the room. The bandages from last week were gone, but it was about to become creepy all over again, because the theme of today's class was--
"Tourniquets."
Bruce cleared his throat and stepped out from behind his desk.
"A tourniquet is a constricting band tied around a serious wound or limb that has been amputated in order to stop the bleeding," he began. "Unlike the bandages we worked with last week, these are only to be used in case of serious, life-threatening blood loss, because poorly-applied tourniquets can lead to shock damage or... other bad things. A good rule of thumb -- uh, that is, a... rule of thumb is that if there's too much blood to bandage a wound without it immediately soaking through, use a tourniquet instead. For these, you need something heavy and cloth-based, like thick bandaging if you have it or clothing if you're in a pinch, and something firm to knot it over, like a stick."
After a brief pause, Bruce reached for the first-aid kit on his desk and took out the necessary supplies: a few wide strips of what appeared to be an ugly flannel sleeve and a stick that had been part of a tree branch about an hour ago. He had actually gone and collected the sticks from outside, yeah. Bruce didn't want this class to be all about giving the students top-of-the-line supplies that they might not have access to in a real emergency scenario.
"When you're applying one of these, start by putting down a strip of... whatever you have available down over the wound as padding to protect the skin," he began, demonstrating on the dummy. The creepy, creepy dummy. "Then take what you're using for the tourniquet itself and loosely tie a half a knot about two to three inches above or below the wound, then put down the stick and tie a tighter knot over that. After that, you just rotate the stick until the tourniquet is nice and tight and the bleeding slows or stops, and then tie one more knot to hold the stick in place."
The dummy's... stuffing?... was pinched very tightly where the tourniquet was, and Bruce frowned.
"Uh, actually, a little looser than this," he amended, working on untying his handiwork. "Too loose is worse than too tight, but too tight is... also not great."
He cleared his throat.
"Okay, so... practice. There are extra dummies in the back and someone can use this one if you need extras. Let me or Ulrik know if you need any help."
"Tourniquets."
Bruce cleared his throat and stepped out from behind his desk.
"A tourniquet is a constricting band tied around a serious wound or limb that has been amputated in order to stop the bleeding," he began. "Unlike the bandages we worked with last week, these are only to be used in case of serious, life-threatening blood loss, because poorly-applied tourniquets can lead to shock damage or... other bad things. A good rule of thumb -- uh, that is, a... rule of thumb is that if there's too much blood to bandage a wound without it immediately soaking through, use a tourniquet instead. For these, you need something heavy and cloth-based, like thick bandaging if you have it or clothing if you're in a pinch, and something firm to knot it over, like a stick."
After a brief pause, Bruce reached for the first-aid kit on his desk and took out the necessary supplies: a few wide strips of what appeared to be an ugly flannel sleeve and a stick that had been part of a tree branch about an hour ago. He had actually gone and collected the sticks from outside, yeah. Bruce didn't want this class to be all about giving the students top-of-the-line supplies that they might not have access to in a real emergency scenario.
"When you're applying one of these, start by putting down a strip of... whatever you have available down over the wound as padding to protect the skin," he began, demonstrating on the dummy. The creepy, creepy dummy. "Then take what you're using for the tourniquet itself and loosely tie a half a knot about two to three inches above or below the wound, then put down the stick and tie a tighter knot over that. After that, you just rotate the stick until the tourniquet is nice and tight and the bleeding slows or stops, and then tie one more knot to hold the stick in place."
The dummy's... stuffing?... was pinched very tightly where the tourniquet was, and Bruce frowned.
"Uh, actually, a little looser than this," he amended, working on untying his handiwork. "Too loose is worse than too tight, but too tight is... also not great."
He cleared his throat.
"Okay, so... practice. There are extra dummies in the back and someone can use this one if you need extras. Let me or Ulrik know if you need any help."
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