Tourniquet

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>>32500677
Example of what I'm talking about. Locking is fairly simple too.

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>>32500693
And yes, I have actual ones, but cheap backups would be nice to have as an option, especially for the young guys out here just getting into stuff like this and doesn't have the funds to spend on name brand stuff.

Hope you like nerve damage, OP.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19952261/

IF you want cheap tourniquet material then triangular bandages along with something rigid like a metal rod to use as a windlass. The material should be at least an inch wide to prevent tissue and nerve damage. 1.5 inches is optimal.

Zip ties, packing straps, and shoelaces are fucking terrible.

Obligatory "but you could lose the limb, hurr durr" post.

Being serious, those seem too skinny for the job. Huge issues with difficulty of removal and, as mentioned above, nerve and tissue damage.

Ya it should be 2 inches. Also you can get combat tourniquet for around 15 to 35 bucks. Not that expensive.

>>32500789
Ive just been shot and my artery is spray blood at about .2 quarts every 30 seconds.

Nerve damage is the least of my concern,and to be honest if my femur was shattered and I was bleeding to death I would welcome nerve damage so the pain would stop.

>>32500677
is that fucking cat hair any medical question is no god damnit
>>32500693
alright for scale but i'd maybe try it before a cloth and stick if it were a drug addict

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>>32500856
Without a windlass system, it's questionable whether packaging ties are strong enough on their own to occlude pulse down an entire limb.

Use a tourniquet with a windlass. A bandana and a metal pen or flashlight as pic related are much better than the bullshit that OP posted in terms of not causing damage while being proven effective in actual combat.

>>32500876
No...its beard hair...Who the fuck has cats?

>>32500879
>pic
Did he squeeze his fucking leg off?

>>32500879
>using a tourniquet to stop leprosy

>>32500677
You're talking about a device that could kill you if it doesn't work. 20 dollars isn't that expensive.

>>32500890
In a pinch, better than nothing but that looks like something I'd put above the first one and hope some real medics don't think im a fucking dumbass

That would make a halfassed tourniquet. It needs to be twice as wide to be effective.

>>32501435
>>32501435
I wish I hadn't commented this at all, if I could delte these coments I would.
That looks like something I'd use to hold a torque bar in place and if I knew that hair was there I'd be bitching the entire time it's not even sterile to start with