I saw an article on this last week and had to agree with the author (and the sentiment here) that it is an interesting idea but needs some 'real world' approval before I trust it. One criticism may be it doesn't have a windlass and all other approved (near as I know) tourniquets have one to ensure the correct compression / tightness.

I will be very interested in your appraisal and what you think of it too.

On the note of seeing an 'addition' to the defibrillator and/or first aid kit of a tourniquet - good idea! Another idea, not yet implemented in our offices, is to add a Narcan / Naoloxine kit in too as it can be a factor in an emergency call - especially in corrections environments where there is fairly easy access to 'outside' contraband. We are talking about adding them to the defibrillator cabinets.

Paul -