What must be remembered when applying a tourniquet to stop arterial bleeding?

With arterial bleeding, blood beats at a high speed – the risk of rapid blood loss. To quickly stop bleeding, a tourniquet is applied above the affected area – a rubber or special cord. The tourniquet strongly tightens the lumen of the damaged vessel and inhibits blood flow – prevents blood loss. But it should be remembered that long-term preservation of the tourniquet in a compressed state can lead to numbness in the parts of the body located below the imposed tourniquet. Numbness is caused by stopping general blood flow.