The NREMT bleeding and shock skill sheet has changed recently. If direct pressure is not successful for severe extremity bleeding proceed immediately to application of a tourniquet.
Learn more about this change from our friend Jamie Davis in episode 168 of the MedicCast..
This change was also part of the EMSEduCast episode 10 discussion with Gregg Margolis of the NREMT.
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