Synonyms for tourniquet
ˈtɜr nɪ kɪt, ˈtʊər-tourni·quet

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1. compression bandage, tourniquetnoun

   bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure

   Synonyms:
   compression bandage

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1. List of paraphrases for "tourniquet":

   stool

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1. David Brown:

   One of the things that she conveyed to me is that she didn’t get an opportunity to apply a tourniquet to one of the wounded men out there, it’s just, you know, extraordinary commitment, extraordinary police work. This city should be proud of its police officers.

2. Tyler Hughes:

   At the time, I didn’t even realize my decision to use the scarf as a tourniquet was so crucial – I was on auto-pilot.

3. Christopher Willingham:

   Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.

4. Brad Wenstrup:

   When I saw his wound, I pulled down the pantleg to see the wound, I did not find an exit wound I knew he was in big trouble, because that meant it went up and I'd seen things like this in Iraq, we were able to use a belt at first, until a tourniquet came, and then I found a clotting bandage and got that on and was able to do what we do in theater, and he literally left in a helicopter just like in theater.

5. Indiana State Police:

   He noticed one person was bleeding profusely from the lower arm and he immediately applied a tourniquet to the arm to stop the bleeding, another person was unconscious but breathing.