Earlier in the thread we discussed “improvisation” and that’s always good, but improvisation takes time and sometimes that’s time the victim does not have available. A dedicated tourniquet is easier and quicker to deploy if you have one, and you don’t need to worry about your favorite belt being trashed when it arrives at the ER (you ain’t getting it back). [/quote]

A dedicated tourniquet is also more effective than most improvised ones.