Tourniquet
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Tourniquet".
Sep 17, 2026
Peter D'SouzaGUEST
And we live in an area where we see more blunt trauma than penetrating trauma.
Peter D'SouzaGUEST
But I remember when I first learned trauma, it was like, Tourniquets are really last resort.
Peter D'SouzaGUEST
Try and avoid them.
Peter D'SouzaGUEST
And now in EMS, we've really moved towards a tourniquet first if it looks like really bad extremity bleeding.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
There it is.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Tourniquet versus Turnstile.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Eso es.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Tourniquet, the thing that cuts blood flow.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
A turnstile, the thing that counts how many people ride the subway.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Let's see.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
And I'm looking over here and it looks like I'm looking through the comments to see if anybody knew the word.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
What is the word? Not torniquete.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Is that how you say it? Torniquete.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
It's weird because hablando de false friends.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Do you know what a torniquet is? A torniquet is if you need to cut the blood flow to an extremity.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Vamos, el metro es donde lo usé en el video.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
So nobody knows that word.
Alberto AlonsoHOST
Torniquete, huh? Oh, I see lots of participation.