Very important that whatever first aid kit you get has a tourniquet, or that you buy one separately.
They are easily the most important life saving device in any first aid kit. 99% of the time you won’t need it for normal cuts but when you are dealing an injury that needs one you WILL regret not having one.
I was trained that if you use the tourniquet, that limb will be amputated. It’s not to slow blood flow so it coagulates, it’s to block blood flow to prevent death by exsanguination. In that case you can use anything - a belt, rope, necktie, scarf, strap from a purse or knapsack. Anything. I was taught that a tourniquet is the last thing to go in a kit, because it can be replaced by so many things and you will probably never use it. Better to put in more gauze, gloves, and tape.
Very important that whatever first aid kit you get has a tourniquet, or that you buy one separately.
They are easily the most important life saving device in any first aid kit. 99% of the time you won’t need it for normal cuts but when you are dealing an injury that needs one you WILL regret not having one.
I was trained that if you use the tourniquet, that limb will be amputated. It’s not to slow blood flow so it coagulates, it’s to block blood flow to prevent death by exsanguination. In that case you can use anything - a belt, rope, necktie, scarf, strap from a purse or knapsack. Anything. I was taught that a tourniquet is the last thing to go in a kit, because it can be replaced by so many things and you will probably never use it. Better to put in more gauze, gloves, and tape.