Hi John, no you are incorrect.. A Tourniquet, cuts off blood supply & blood pressure builds up.. This forces venom flowing in the lymphatic system, to be squeezed past the Tourniquet & the next step is usually fatal !!! The only way to stop lymphatic flow is a strong wide semi elastic bandage from bite to full length if limb & back again.. Hope that cleared it up for you.. Many country's use Tourniquet, but it will kill you if used here.. Steven : ) On 03/11/2013, at 5:18 PM, "John C. MacGregor IV" <jonivy@earthlink.net> wrote: > Leo, > > I interpreted "pressure bandage" to mean a tourniquet to limit the spread of the venom through the blood vessels and keep it from reaching the heart before an antivenin could be administered. Am I wrong in this assumption? > > John C. MacGregor IV > Horticultural Consultant > South Pasadena, CA > USDA Zone 9 > Sunset Zones 21/23 > > > On Nov 2, 2013, at 10:40 PM, "Leo A. Martin" <leo@possi.org> wrote: > >>> Pressure bandage is required for all toxic >>> Australian snakes... >> >> On my next bulb hunting expedition to Australia, if I find myself in the wild, for >> example in the plains where the yellow Crinum grow, and I encounter a poisonous snake, I >> would like to know how to use one of these devices. But first-aid terminology in the US >> seems to be somehow different than in Australia, and here a pressure bandage would be a >> wide bandage applied over a wound to stanch bleeding, so would you mind explaining what >> "pressure bandage" means in Australia? We might save a lot of bulb hunter's lives with >> this information. >> >> Leo Martin >> Phoenix Arizona USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/