Peter Antevy teaches kids how to apply a tourniquet to stop severe bleeding. The key steps: place it high on the limb, secure the Velcro, twist the windlass tight, and keep going until it causes pain, which signals enough pressure to stop the bleed.
Put it on.
Under my knee. Put it under my knee. Okay.
There you go. Nice and high.
Once you get it through.
Nice and high. High and tight, right? There you go. Cinch it down nice and tight.
Cinch it down.
Nice and tight.
Before you start.
Trying to twist.
Up daughter, take it out of mine.
Good. As much velcro as you can, right? There you go. Trace that velcro. Good. Now start twisting that thing. Make it tight. Make it tight. If I'm not in pain, If I'm not in pain, you're not stopping the. Keep going.
Now you see that she. You could even be a little bit higher, right? You could be a little higher. But the pressure.
That you put within.
Me, I could feel that. I could feel that really good. All right.
Same victim. Same victim, same rescuer. So if you're the victim.
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