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How to put on a tourniquet and stop someone from bleeding to death

Even civilians can save lives by applying the strap-like devices to a bleeding arm or leg. Here's how.

Joshua Chisolm (right) of True Breed Executive Protection teaching Andrea Johnson to use a tourniquet in June at 3rd and South Streets, the week after a nearby shooting in which three were killed and 11 wounded.
Joshua Chisolm (right) of True Breed Executive Protection teaching Andrea Johnson to use a tourniquet in June at 3rd and South Streets, the week after a nearby shooting in which three were killed and 11 wounded.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
    by Tom Avril
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