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The war in Ukraine is exposing the dangers of prolonged tourniquet use. US special operations medics are adapting.

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by Business Insider | July 19, 2026
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As the US military prepares for high-intensity, mass-casualty future wars, its medics are training to do something they almost never did during the Global War on Terror — remove a tourniquet from a wounded soldier.

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