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A tourniquet might be a good idea to have, but you shouldn't use it without training. It could be a good thing to have to hand to someone with training if it were needed, but that will only be useful in places with lots of people, like a protest or something. For your home first aid kit, maybe skip it.
That's good. Most people aren't in that situation though, so giving general advice to have a tourniquet could cause harm I just wanted to try to make sure it doesn't.
Do you have any helpful links to get started? Looking up ISO standards?
Also pull out your first aid kit and look at whats in it.
I bolstered mine with some antiseptic, paper tape, strapping tape, more bandages and better bandaids.
And if you're camping like to have duct tape and toilet paper. Duct tape is great for fixing broken hike or tent poles.
I keep thinking I need to get a real one for my bug out bag and keep putting it off. "Well, hopefully today's not the collapse of society!"
This comment resonates with me.