A tourniquet is the absolute DEAD LAST option to stop bleeding. When you decide to use a tourniquet, you have decided to sacrifice that arm or leg. When you get to medical assistance, it WILL BE amputated.

Most bleeding can be stopped with pressure. If the bleeding is from an artery or large vein, that person isn't going anywhere except on a stretcher or travois. Help will generally have to be brought to him.

It would be a good idea to read up on how to stop bleeding, as 98% of what you've see in movies & TV is garbage.

Sue