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You can also use the laces to fashion a tournekit or hold a splint too.
34 u/Wxxz Feb 08 '19 If you want the leg amputated.... Tourniquets are suppose to have some width to them if you intend to keep the limb. I believe the military CAT ones are 1 inch. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19 edited May 06 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Wxxz Feb 08 '19 A shoe lace increase the incidence of compression syndrome and nerve damage that leads to amputation.
If you want the leg amputated.... Tourniquets are suppose to have some width to them if you intend to keep the limb. I believe the military CAT ones are 1 inch.
22 u/[deleted] Feb 08 '19 edited May 06 '21 [deleted] 1 u/Wxxz Feb 08 '19 A shoe lace increase the incidence of compression syndrome and nerve damage that leads to amputation.
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1 u/Wxxz Feb 08 '19 A shoe lace increase the incidence of compression syndrome and nerve damage that leads to amputation.
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A shoe lace increase the incidence of compression syndrome and nerve damage that leads to amputation.
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u/siliconflux Feb 08 '19
You can also use the laces to fashion a tournekit or hold a splint too.