You don’t have to be a medical professional to apply emergency first aid. From learning CPR to taking a course on how to stop bleeding, U.S. News & World Report explores ways civilians can train to help individuals who are experiencing a medical emergency. In the article, TeamHealth’s Dr. Scott Scherr discusses how makeshift tourniquets applied by bystanders helped save the lives of up to a dozen people wounded in the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip last October.
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