The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians is now advocating immediate use of tourniquets if initial direct pressure is ineffective.

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This is a typically sneaky NREMT trick, as no press release seems to have been made on this station to training institutions; I had to inform my program director. We were training on the old criteria after the new criteria were (quietly) posted on the NREMT website in the section only accessible to registered users.

On the other hand, now we don't have to screw around with pressure points when we know it's going to need surgical repair and can just load-n-go.

NREMT: The biggest scam known to man, and the biggest pain in the ass to deal with.

CAMedic wrote:

NREMT: The biggest scam known to man, and the biggest pain in the ass to deal with.

Aint that the truth, & it is about time they recognized that tourniquets work.

Thanks for posting, bro... now get back to studying!!!

NREMT published an update in JEMS recently in regard to this topic. It was part of the "War on Trauma" supplement sponsored in part by North American Rescue.

Good think NREMT is all over it in a timely manner. We can sleep much better now...