[Conserev1]

No one had a tie for a tourniquet?

[USNBandit]

If it was high enough in the groin there might not be a good place to put the tourniquet. After that you are stuck with the option of packing in the wound which takes a lot more training.

As an aside, I just took a day of training from a couple of SF qualified medics where they talked about tourniquet placement. The old school way was to place tourniquets 2 inches above the wound. The new thought on the subject is to put all tourniquets high on the limb.

[tflabo]

The femoral artery and vein course down through the groin area on either side. If quick and appropriate pressure is applied to this region plus use of a tourniquet perhaps this bleeding out death could have been averted.