Which type of tourniquet is used during care under fire?

• A. Hasty tourniquets
• B. Strategic tourniquets
• C. Tactical delay tourniquets
• D. Surgical tourniquets

Answer: (A)

In care under fire, the priority is to stop life-threatening bleeding as quickly as possible with something that can be applied in hostile conditions. A hasty tourniquet is designed for speed and simplicity—an easily deployed device or improvised wrap that can be applied to a limb and tightened rapidly, often with one hand. This rapid application buys crucial time and reduces blood loss while the scene is still dangerous, which is exactly what you need in a fight where you can’t take long to set up care.

The other options require more time, equipment, or a controlled setting. A strategic tourniquet implies planning for later stages of care or evacuation; a surgical tourniquet is used in a medical or operating room and isn’t practical in the field; a tactical delay tourniquet involves timing adjustments that aren’t meant for immediate hemorrhage control under fire.