>>1343700From that extract:
>Univariate analyses were performed with significance set at P≤0.05.455 cases were included, with 254 (56%) having a TK for a median of 60 minScience confirms permanent damage begins after around two hours.
The study that you linke isnt about the consequences of long term tourniquets.
Also all this:
>No difference between TK and NTK was present in presence of fracture, level of arterial injury, type of arterial repair, or concomitant venous injury. >More nerve injuries were present in the TK group and AIS-Extremity and MESS tended towards greater injury severity. >Amputation and mortality rates did not differ between groups but the incidence of severe edema, wound infection, and foot drop was higher in the TK group. >Vascular above-knee amputation, arterial repair complication, and severe edema were higher in the TK group also (P=.10). >TK duration of ≥ 60 minutes was not associated with increased amputations but more rhabdomyolysis was present.Field TK use is associated with wound infection and neurologic compromise but not limb loss.>Increased tourniquet times may predispose to systemic, but not limb complications.Which proves TQ are shit unless you get treated quickly. Sure you wont get your arm chopped off, but whats the point of that arm if you cant feel anything with it or move it after permanent systemic damage?
Which makes me go back to my point, of having a TQ in your kit is pointless, (unless you are at war or something like that).
There is no reason you would nee a TQ in an /out/ situation.
Or do you get a helmet to walk in the street just in case you fall down?
The fact that people list TQ in their kits while missing more essential gear is proof that they would misuse them. since they obviously lack knowledge.
Knowledge not only on how to use it, but also WHEN to use it and how to prevent the reason you are using it in the first place.
