MSP Troopers Save The Life of Citizen With Use Of Tourniquet

DETROIT, MI-- Michigan State Police is being credited for saving the life of a passenger that was involved in a traffic crash on westbound I-96 in Detroit. On Dec 1. 2017 at 2 a.m. troopers had responded to a serious injury crash on westbound I-96 near Fullerton in Detroit.

Investigation had revealed that a driver of a 2007 Chevy Impala was traveling at a high speed on westbound I-96 and lost control on the exit ramp to Davison Ave. The vehicle had struck an exit sign, and then a guard rail when they finally stopped on the freeway.

When troopers had arrived at the scene they had encountered to injured victims lying on the ground near the crashed vehicle. One of them which had a severed leg and had lost a lot of blood, the other sustained non-life threatening injuries. The troopers were assisted by Detroit Police in securing the scene, while another trooper applied pressure to the thigh of the victim with a severed leg, where the trooper utilized a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Doctors had reported that a major artery was severed and due to the severity of the amputation, had the trooper not applied a tourniquet, the victim would have succumbed to massive blood loss. Troopers statewide have all been issued tourniquets to help them administer self-aid if they themselves had been happened to be shot or injured during an incident where they couldn't be rescued or escaped.

This is the second time the Second District has utilized a tourniquet to save a crash victim. The first incident had been back in April 2017 when troopers had applied a tourniquet to save the life of a good Samaritan that had been struck on eastbound I-96 near Davison in Detroit.

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