# Tourniquets: Indications and Procedure

Official OCEMS reference: B-010.
Collection: Procedures. Source topic: BLS Procedures.
Population: All / see source. Scope: BLS.
Source index update: October 1, 2017. Source checked: 2026-09-16.

Independent OC Medic source briefing. The complete official document remains authoritative for exact requirements, exceptions, and clinical or administrative language.

## Document profile

- Document type: Clinical procedure
- Where it fits: Tourniquets: Indications and Procedure is an official procedure reference used to verify indications, provider scope, equipment, performance steps, reassessment, and documentation.
- Document note: Use the complete official document for mandatory wording, exceptions, definitions, and requirements that cannot be reduced safely to directory metadata.

## Use this source safely

- Confirm that the procedure is authorized for the provider and patient population and that its clinical indication is established by the applicable standing order.
- Use the complete source for contraindications, equipment details, required confirmation, complications, and documentation language.
- Check current OCEMS notices and agency direction before field use.
- When the source and a summary differ, follow the current official document and medical or operational direction.

## Related OC Medic guides

- [Tourniquet: uncontrolled extremity bleeding](https://www.ocmedic.com/guides/tourniquet/): Apply an approved tourniquet, keep it visible, and communicate the placement time.
- [Trauma: bleeding, limb injury & TBI](https://www.ocmedic.com/guides/trauma/): Control hemorrhage, protect perfusion and ventilation, and recognize destination needs.

## Related official references

- [B-030 - 12-Lead EKG Placement Procedure](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b-030-12-lead-ekg-placement-procedure/)
- [B-050 - Administration of Oral Glucose](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b-050-administration-of-oral-glucose/)
- [B-040a - Automatic Chest Compression Device - Band Design](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b-040a-automatic-chest-compression-device-band-design/)
- [B040b - Automatic Chest Compression Device - Plunger Design](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b040b-automatic-chest-compression-device-plunger-design/)
- [B-035 - DuoDote Antidote Autoinjector](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b-035-duodote-antidote-autoinjector/)
- [B-045 - Epinephrine Auto Injector (BLS Optional Equipment)](https://www.ocmedic.com/reference/b-045-epinephrine-auto-injector-bls-optional-equipment/)

## Official source

- [Open the official document](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/sites/hca/files/import/data/files/12429.pdf)
- [View the official source index](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/providers-partners/emergency-medical-services/ems-policies-procedures-standing-orders/ems)
- [OCEMS notices and system updates](https://www.ochealthinfo.com/providers-partners/emergency-medical-services)