Pediatric Tourniquet Use: Safe and Effective

• 2025

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• Erin Feeney; Mariah Harris; Leah Furman; Barbara Gaines; Christine Leeper
PMID: 40749976DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162494

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This article describes how using tourniquets for children with serious limb injuries is safe and effective. The study looked at 37 kids who had tourniquets applied, often by bystanders or emergency workers. Most of the tourniquets were put on correctly, and none of the children had problems because of them. Almost all kids went home after treatment, and no one died in the hospital. It suggests that more training could help people use tourniquets properly and that bigger studies are needed to make better rules for using them in children.

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Focus Area: Trauma

Audiences: EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child; Emergency Medical Services; Hemorrhage; Pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; Safety; Tourniquets; Trauma Centers; Wounds and Injuries; Adolescent

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Lincoln University; University of Texas Southwestern

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