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BRPD has been saving lives with tourniquets
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:10 pm
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:10 pm
Baton Rouge police officers using tourniquets 'like crazy,' often difference between life, death
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Searched, SIAP
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When Baton Rouge Police Cpl. T.J. Morse arrived at a crime scene in January 2016, he found officers trying to control an angry man who was bleeding profusely after he had punched through a window, slicing open his arm.
Officers tightened a belt around the man's arm to try to stop the bleeding, but it wasn't working.
Just weeks earlier, the department had begun giving officers medical kits, which included tourniquets, along with training on how to use them.
“I saw what was going on, so I got my tourniquet out and moved the belt that was helping, but not doing a good job,” said Morse, who was a member of the Special Response Team at the time. “I put the tourniquet on, tightened it down, and the bleeding completely stopped.”
Emergency Medical Services arrived and rushed the man to a hospital with Morse following to ensure the man didn’t become violent again.
In the emergency room, the doctor slightly loosened the band and blood spurted everywhere.
“The EMS people, the doctor, everyone said this tourniquet definitely saved this man’s life,” Morse said. “He would have definitely bled to death."
Between January and August of 2016, all Baton Rouge police officers received a medical kit with a tourniquet, gauze, pressure bandages and a special bandage for chest wounds and were trained on how to use them.
Since then, the tourniquets have been used on 35 to 40 people, possibly saving some lives, said Sgt. L'Jean McKneely, a police spokesman.
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EMS spokesman Mike Chustz said ambulance crews usually are not far behind police when it comes to arriving at crime scenes but sometimes they have to hang back until officers determine the area is safe. Of all the equipment officers have, he said, the tourniquets “can make the most impact of things you can carry.”
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There were 59 homicides in Baton Rouge between Jan. 1 and Tuesday, which is an increase from the 42 homicides the city had in all of 2016.
“I think if it weren’t for these, there’s no telling what our homicide numbers would actually be,” Morse said of tourniquets.
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This post was edited on 9/13/17 at 5:11 pm
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Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:19 pm to Pico de Gallo
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When Baton Rouge Police Cpl. T.J. Morse arrived at a crime scene in January 2016, he found officers trying to control an angry man who was bleeding profusely after he had punched through a window, slicing open his arm.
Should've been wearing a cast.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:20 pm to Pico de Gallo
That doesn't sound right.
I was told cops don't save black lives
I was told cops don't save black lives
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:20 pm to Pico de Gallo
quote:
think if it weren’t for these, there’s no telling what our homicide numbers would actually be
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Since then, the tourniquets have been used on 35 to 40 people,
I'd wager up to 40 more homicides.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:21 pm to Pico de Gallo
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Since then, the tourniquets have been used on 35 to 40 people, possibly saving some lives, said Sgt. L'Jean McKneely, a police spokesman.
Civil suits stemming from amputated limbs imminent.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:24 pm to shutterspeed
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Civil suits stemming from amputated limbs imminent.
Doesn't happen. Get with the times.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:27 pm to Pico de Gallo
Saving the life that will one day kill us all.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:27 pm to Pico de Gallo
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:29 pm to Walt OReilly
took me a secondPosted on 9/13/17 at 5:30 pm to jbgleason
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Doesn't happen. Get with the times.
Huh?
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:38 pm to Pico de Gallo
Yeah let's save tourniquets for officers and good samaritans. Let the pieces of shite meet their fate.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:44 pm to upgrayedd
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That doesn't sound right.
I was told cops don't save black lives
It would also shock you to know that at one point in time, Blane Salamoni used a tourniquet to save the life of a black man.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 5:55 pm to Pico de Gallo
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It would also shock you to know that at one point in time, Blane Salamoni used a tourniquet to save the life of a black man.
That's just a lie propagated by whitey to make it sound like he didn't execute Alton Sterling while he was trying to pray over a homeless man at the Triple S
Posted on 9/13/17 at 6:11 pm to upgrayedd
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Doesn't happen. Get with the times.
Huh?
That was in response to the "amputated limbs" comment. Multiple significant medical studies have shown the whole amputated limb thing to be, shall we say, bullshite. Biggest study was at the start of the war, several hundred soldiers with tourniquets applied pre-hospital. You know how many lost a limb because of a tourniquet? ZERO. Pretty solid numbers there.
Posted on 9/13/17 at 6:23 pm to upgrayedd
[quote]Doesn't happen. Get with the times.
Huh?[/quote
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"The Myth
Over the years, tourniquets became inextricably tied to extremity amputations. The assumption was that the use of a tourniquet would lead to the loss of the limb to which it was applied. It's not clear where this belief originated. It could be a direct result of the early use of tourniquets to facilitate amputation. Let's face it; it's easier to surgically remove a limb if you can stop bleeding during the surgery.
Since the tourniquet and the amputation became married to one another in ancient medical lore, it evolved to be the opinion of paramedics and rescuers that the use of a tourniquet would lead to an amputation."
"The Reality
Tissue damage—usually localized to the area where the tourniquet is applied and not the entire limb—does happen. But it's not a one-for-one swap, life for limb. There is very little evidence that emergency use of a tourniquet causes any significant damage to the usually already injured extremity. Let's face it, you won't be putting a tourniquet on an arm or leg unless that arm or leg is already severely damaged. In that case, there's almost no way to know for sure if the tourniquet made anything worse."
Huh?[/quote
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"The Myth
Over the years, tourniquets became inextricably tied to extremity amputations. The assumption was that the use of a tourniquet would lead to the loss of the limb to which it was applied. It's not clear where this belief originated. It could be a direct result of the early use of tourniquets to facilitate amputation. Let's face it; it's easier to surgically remove a limb if you can stop bleeding during the surgery.
Since the tourniquet and the amputation became married to one another in ancient medical lore, it evolved to be the opinion of paramedics and rescuers that the use of a tourniquet would lead to an amputation."
"The Reality
Tissue damage—usually localized to the area where the tourniquet is applied and not the entire limb—does happen. But it's not a one-for-one swap, life for limb. There is very little evidence that emergency use of a tourniquet causes any significant damage to the usually already injured extremity. Let's face it, you won't be putting a tourniquet on an arm or leg unless that arm or leg is already severely damaged. In that case, there's almost no way to know for sure if the tourniquet made anything worse."
Posted on 9/13/17 at 6:25 pm to jbgleason
Oh, I thought you were just speaking about amputations in general
Posted on 9/13/17 at 7:04 pm to Pico de Gallo
The officer quoted in this story is a stand-up dude. Good person all around. I knew him growing up. That is all.
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