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A tactical operator, part of the Illinois Special Weapons and Tactics team, applies a tourniquet to a mannequin during training April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. Lt. Col. Rance Bryan, Center for Sustainment and Readiness Trauma Skills critical care trauma instructor, trained SWAT team members on the proper way to apply a tourniquet to a limb that was bleeding profusely. The mannequin is very life-like, helping those being trained to get a feel for how it would be to apply a tourniquet on a real person. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)
Lt. Col. Rance Bryan, Center for Sustainment and Readiness Trauma Skills critical care trauma instructor, supervises while a tactical operator, part of the Illinois Special Weapons and Tactics team, applies a tourniquet to a mannequin during training April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. Bryan observed in order to ensure the team member twisted the windlass tight enough to stop the bleeding. When applying a tourniquet, the windlass should be twisted until the person applying it cannot physically twist it anymore. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)
A tactical operator, part of the Illinois Special Weapons and Tactics team, tightens a tourniquet on a mannequin during training April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. The team member must tighten the tourniquet tight enough to stop the bleeding from the fake limb. A small remote controls the movements of the mannequin and it also lets the person know if the bleeding has subsided or if the casualty has bled out. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)
Lt. Col. Rance Bryan, Center for Sustainment and Readiness Trauma Skills critical care trauma instructor, removes a tourniquet from a mannequin April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. Different groups, part of the Illinois Special Weapons and Tactics team, took turns applying the tourniquet to the limb which was squirting fake blood. The members had to stop the bleeding before the casualty bled out. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)
A small remote is used to control the movements of the mannequin April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. The mannequin’s limbs can rotate, move up and down and squirt blood from the exposed wounds. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)
A tactical operator, part of the Illinois Special Weapons and Tactics team, tightens a tourniquet on a mannequin during training April 24, 2013 in Collinsville, Ill. The mannequin is very life-like, helping those being trained to get a feel for how it would be to apply a tourniquet on a real person. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Kristina Forst)