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CHICAGO (AP) - When Army Ranger Leroy Petry's hand was blown off by a grenade as he was saving his comrades in battle, he knew just what to do. He used his remaining hand to twist a tourniquet around his arm to avoid bleeding to death.
Sgt. 1st Class Petry, awarded the Medal of Honor last month, was with a regiment trained in do-it-yourself battlefield treatment. That kind of quick care on the field led to a 92 percent survival rate for the regiment over more than seven years, a study found.See the full content of this document
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Do-It-Yourself Treatment Saves Lives
Of the 32 deaths, just one had wounds considered potentially survivable; in this case, massive bleeding. That Ranger died from post-surgery complications.
The study found a 3 perc...See the full content of this document
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