Treating Dog Wounds. Dog Leg Injury. Dog Paw Care

What is a tourniquet? A tourniquet is the procedure by which a hemorrhage is temporarily contained in any extremity. It can be done in case of hemorrhage due to a cut, in an extremity or in the tail. A tourniquet device used in first aid to the injured and wounded, to compress an artery and stop severe bleeding

Its preparation is as follows:

• Use a handkerchief, (tie, nylon belt, sock, panty, large piece of cloth, etc)
• Tie it firmly around the member or the tail, always closer to the body than to the source of the hemorrhage, making a knot
• To improve the efficiency of the tourniquet, pass a pen through the knot, twirling it several times to apply even more pressure
• Between the tourniquet's knot and the skin we should be able to pass, without excessive difficulty, a finger to prevent irreversible damage that the lack of blood flow can cause (gangrene)
• Every ten minutes, diminish the pressure of the tourniquet for thirty seconds, applying some direct pressure on the wound during these instances to avoid hemorrhage

What are the risks of a poorly done tourniquet? In case the application of the tourniquet exceeds ten minutes in a row without the necessary relaxation to allow the blood flow to continue normally, there may be fatal consequences

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