A tourniquet system embedded within a garment comprising: a band having a first end portion and a second end portion; a bar, wherein the bar comprises an elongate portion of material having a first end portion, an intermediate portion, and a second end portion, three band receiving apertures (116, 116', 118) formed in the bar so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, at least one locking protrusion (111, 112, 113, 114) that extends from at least one of the first end portion or the second end portion; and an anti-pinch plate, wherein the anti-pinch plate includes one or more band receiving apertures formed so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, wherein the anti-pinch plate includes one or more locking notches (121, 122, 123, 124) formed substantially along an edge portion of the anti-pinch plate, wherein the locking notches provide a means for securing at least a portion of the bar to the anti-pinch plate; wherein portions of the band pass through the three band receiving apertures, thereby maintaining the position of the band relative to the anti-pinch plate, and wherein the first end portion of the band passes through at least a first one of the three band receiving apertures formed in the bar, wherein at least the first and second end portions of the band pass through a second one of the band receiving apertures formed in the bar, and wherein the second end portion of the band passes through at least a third one of the band receiving apertures formed in the bar, and wherein the anti-pinch plate is positioned beneath the bar to limit or prevent material from being twisted into the band as the band is tightened by the rotation of the bar; and wherein the at least one tourniquet system is embedded within the garment such that the tourniquet system is maintained in a desired location relative to the garment and/or a body of a wearer. a bar, wherein the bar comprises an elongate portion of material having a first end portion, an intermediate portion, and a second end portion, three band receiving apertures (116, 116', 118) formed in the bar so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, at least one locking protrusion (111, 112, 113, 114) that extends from at least one of the first end portion or the second end portion; and an anti-pinch plate, wherein the anti-pinch plate includes one or more band receiving apertures formed so as to accept the band and allow the band to pass therethrough, wherein the anti-pinch plate includes one or more locking notches (121, 122, 123, 124) formed substantially along an edge portion of the anti-pinch plate, wherein the locking notches provide a means for securing at least a portion of the bar to the anti-pinch plate; wherein portions of the band pass through the three band receiving apertures, thereby maintaining the position of the band relative to the anti-pinch plate, and wherein the first end portion of the band passes through at least a first one of the three band receiving apertures formed in the bar, wherein at least the first and second end portions of the band pass through a second one of the band receiving apertures formed in the bar, and wherein the second end portion of the band passes through at least a third one of the band receiving apertures formed in the bar, and wherein the anti-pinch plate is positioned beneath the bar to limit or prevent material from being twisted into the band as the band is tightened by the rotation of the bar; and wherein the at least one tourniquet system is embedded within the garment such that the tourniquet system is maintained in a desired location relative to the garment and/or a body of a wearer.