eli5 : why do ordinary soldiers carry multiple tourniquets but tourniquets are mostly not used in civilian first aid?

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eli5 : why do ordinary soldiers carry multiple tourniquets but tourniquets are mostly not used in civilian first aid?

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Answer 1

You should only use a tourniquet if you are willing to sacrifice that limb to save the person’s life.

Remember, you are blocking blood flow to the limb, so that tissue will eventually die from lack of blood flow.
The limb *might* survive, if you are very careful to loosen the tourniquet every few minutes to allow some blood flow, but then the patient might bleed out.