As the title mentions, don’t tourniquets just stop the blood completely, or do they direct the blood to where they should go?
Also, how does it work in the case of amputations?
These may be stupid questions…
In: Biology
It’s a circuit with multiple parallel paths, lots of places where outgoing blood is split into Path A and Path B, and then later Path B is split into C and D. If Path C is blocked, blood can still flow in A, B, and D. Anything downstream of C is blocked, which is why your tourniquets are dangerous and should only be applied if you know what you are doing.
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