Thursday, March 17, 2005

Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan to get tourniquets two years after request

Under pressure from Congress, the Army has decided to quickly dispatch modern tourniquets to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
That’s more than two years after military doctors recommended that every soldier carry one.

...In an article March 6, The (Baltimore) Sun described a lack of tourniquets among soldiers in the field and delays in supplying them.

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