Goonhub
08-11-2013, 04:57 PM
Actually it should be the other way around. You don't stop arterial spray from a traumatic amputation with some styptic powder, you slap a tourniquet on that stump and crank it tight(By the way, a rod should probably be used in making a tourniquet. You ain't gonna get any good pressure without something to help you twist the fabric tight).
So for tourniquets to be implemented in any real fashion, it'd need to be something you put on someone's stump to stop the bloodloss, and maybe make stump welding do a lot more damage to the patient to make it a less appealing option or something.
Besides, if you get shot in the gut by a revolver, or get a papercut, how exactly is a tourniquet going to save you?
So for tourniquets to be implemented in any real fashion, it'd need to be something you put on someone's stump to stop the bloodloss, and maybe make stump welding do a lot more damage to the patient to make it a less appealing option or something.
Besides, if you get shot in the gut by a revolver, or get a papercut, how exactly is a tourniquet going to save you?