Talk:Tourniquet

History of the Tourniquet
There seems to be a lot of discussion of what to incorporate on the main tourniquet page. I like the division between surgical tourniquets and emergency tourniquets. Perhaps the main page could be used for the history of the tourniquet and mention how its surgical history still holds with applications in the emergency field. I noticed that there is a good brief historical perspective on http://www.tourniquets.org/tourniquet_overview.html. Perhaps a motivated individual could expand on this or incorporate it. What do you guys think? 70.71.30.89 (talk) 05:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Updated the page to include history and current technology. One part that may need to be added is tourniquet complications.  One thing I want to avoid is making this page sound like a tourniquet how to. Mgebert (talk) 19:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Band information
This page is meant to be a very short introduction to tourniquets as 99% of the people using the word understand it. If you want something that covers the band, put it into the disambiguation page - or set up an article. --Gnoble 16:03, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed
Tourniquet is also a mechanical device designed to allow or not a person to the next area i.e. tourniquets in subways.--190.80.227.251 (talk) 20:19, 24 November 2007 (UTC)


 * That's a turnstile. The term "tourniquet" appears to be exclusively French. Chris Cunningham (talk) 16:49, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Introduction
I think the last sentence in the intro, "It is also not used in the even of life-threatening hemorrhage that can't be stopped", really needs editing. I think it's getting at some interesting information but I can't really think at how to word it and I don't have the time to look for sources right now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.194.148.2 (talk) 07:56, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

'Modern Tourniquet' Photo
The 'Modern Tourniquet' photo was changed because the photo was not a modern tourniquet. The strap tourniquet pictured may be recently manufactured, but it is far from modern. For example, there is no method of measuring the applied pressure on the patient. There are no safety alarms indicating over or under pressure or even a timing mechanism to establish the tourniquet time. In terms of technology, the strap tourniquet pictured is closer to the tourniquet of the Roman times. While the current picture may look nice, it is very misleading calling it 'modern'. http://www.tourniquets.org/non_pneumatic.php contains some information the differences between a strap tourniquet and a pneumatic tourniquet. There are also several references to published documents included on that page. Any photo of a tourniquet will do, but I strongly disagree with calling a strap tourniquet modern.

Mgebert (talk) 16:26, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and reverted the picture back. I also want to stress that the Venipuncture strap photo is a good photo, but may be better suited for the Venipuncture article. Mgebert (talk) 16:49, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I favour the strap tourniquet, because as the revert reason said, there is already a surgical tourniquet shown, and i think that strap versions are far more widely used. OwainDavies (about)(talk) edited at 20:03, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


 * My objection is calling a strap with a buckle modern. If the criteria for the main photo is 'widely used' then that should be stated in the caption.  Personally I was hoping that the modern wide cuff would contrast with Petit's tourniquet, not be comparable to it.  I'll leave it in your hands though; do as you wish.Mgebert (talk) 22:03, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Jurassic Park
Remember that book (or movie)? Well, a tourniquet was the very reason why Malcolm did not die on the T. Rex attack! Dunno if it's interesting for the article though...-andy 217.50.57.111 (talk) 07:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Tourniquet-Torch
To the editor who added the material about Tourniquet-Torch, I have reverted the changes for now. Please cite reliable sources that show notability and relevance to the topic. Thank you. Wafflephile (talk) 17:21, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Surgical tourniquet
I suggest merging Surgical tourniquet here. That article isn't really about surgical tourniquets at all, but about the inventions of James McEwen. The references are mostly the articles of the same, with a couple to Delfi Medical, a company of which oddly enough James McEwen appears to be the president. Apart from the COI possibility, it looks like a sort of content fork. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:01, 21 August 2013 (UTC) ✅

Tourniquet safety
There does not seem to be any mention of the dangers of tourniquets. I have heard stories of people losing limbs because dressings were placed over tourniquets which resulted in them accidentally being left in place for a protracted period. (Are tourniquets marked to show up under x-rays these days?).

I recall having first aid training in the Boy Scouts in the 1970’s. We all had tourniquets in our first aid kits. One day our Scout Leader confiscated them all and we were told that they were now considered dangerous and we should not consider using tourniquets under any circumstances. 90.214.6.208 (talk) 10:38, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Copyright?
What is up with the message? The Mo-Ja&#39;al (talk) 00:43, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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General style adjustments needed
Many sections of the article read like they were straight up copy-pasted from a product brochure or a manual; in many cases, the text uses phrasing like "the tourniquet" instead of "a tourniquet", suggesting a reference to a previous section of another text, where I assume the article was pasted from. These instances should probably be changed to refer to tourniquets/wounds/whatever in general. Ale rc310 (talk) 17:56, 30 August 2023 (UTC)