I can't resist sharing this article with you in honour of all the Aramintas and Cressidas and Philomena's that know how to apply a tourniquet in an emergency.....usually expensive stockings or uncrushable shirtwaisters....but still.....
Off-duty nurse saves crash victim's life... using a bra as a tourniquet
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2059748/Jayne-Craig-Off-duty-nurse-saves-crash-victims-life--using-bra-tourniquet.html#ixzz1dKtlEnkk
Thank you to the alert reader (Betty Adele?) who sent us the email with this link! It sort of begs the question: What would you use for an emergency tourniquet?
I'm afraid it would be down to dirty socks, tied together, for me. My bras just don't bend much...
ReplyDelete'Twasn't her own. Another nurse offered hers and a man offered his trouser belt and she used those. Thumbs up for her ingenuity!
ReplyDeleteWasn't there an AramintaOlivia somewhere who applied a tourniquet? What did she use?
Betty Anonymous
Terrific skills and composure, she looks like a Betty Matron too. Can't help wishing that she could have saved that poor woman's leg too, but its amazing saving a life at all.
ReplyDeleteMust admit though after looking at her impressive bustline I wondered if her own bra might have been a good option (if she wasn't using both hands to stem the bleeding obviously ;).
Wondering too if there was a Betty that offered part of her under-dress or skirt as tourniquet, or wasn't there RDD's offering his silk tie or leather belt...
Betty AnHK