Severe Wrist Laceration

2026Location not provided

A 911 hang-up, an unresponsive male with a faint pulse, and a tourniquet followed by hemostatic gauze and direct pressure.

Applied by Law enforcement
On duty
Worked as expected
Survived

Location generalised: Not provided in the source.

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The officer responded to a 911 hang-up reporting a suicide, located an unresponsive male in a blood-saturated bathroom, detected a faint pulse, and observed a deep wrist laceration with visible tissue loss. The officer immediately applied the tourniquet until hemorrhage was controlled, then packed the wound with hemostatic gauze and maintained direct pressure until EMS arrived.

First-person accountOfficer account, summarisedcondensed

The officer reported that a trauma nurse later advised that rapid tourniquet application combined with appropriate wound packing was critical to survival and that the patient was expected to make a full recovery.

First-person accountHospital follow-up, relayed by the officercondensed

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