The Emergency and Military Tourniquet uses surgical pneumatic tourniquet modality, which is the gold standard for tourniquet use, in a device designed for use in field conditions. It has less potential to cause tissue damage because of its wide band and pneumatic pressure and is more easily tolerated by casualties (less painful) than a strap style tourniquet.

"Concerns about size and weight, leaking, and ruggedness have kept [pneumatic tourniquets] off the battlefield. These technical concerns have been largely overcome for at least one commercially available pneumatic trauma tourniquet (Delfi EMT tourniquet). The panel recognizes that equipping all soldiers with pneumatic battlefield tourniquets might not be practical but recommended that it be considered for medics and that tourniquets be issued to all casualty evacuation vehicles."

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