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For those of you that have doggos.
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In most field and tactical medicine scenarios, the tourniquet is the aid provider's best friend (Not all Tourniquets are Created Equal | Active Response Training). Despite its critical role in human medicine, the tourniquet isn't the best option for man's best friend. In my experience, and in the US Military's experience with working dogs, tourniquets are not usually necessary to control severe bleeding in dogs. The most likely reasons for this include the fact that each limb of a dog receives a smaller percentage of blood to it than the comparable limb on a human, as well as the fact that the dog's body covers the femoral artery and axillary artery keeping them more protected than their equivalents would be in a human. There is simply less of a chance that a major blood vessel will be damaged in a dog than in a human.