Patent ID: 8083764

Claim:
A tourniquet padding, comprising: a padding element comprising a compressible material situated on a first surface of a coversheet, the padding element being separate from the coversheet, the coversheet being a continuous sheet with a length, a width, first and second opposing ends and opposing sides, and first and second adhesive elements on said first surface of the coversheet, respectively at each of said first and second opposing ends, with the padding element situated on a first portion of the coversheet proximal to the first end; the first end of the coversheet folded to partially cover the padding element with the first surface of said coversheet facing said padding element, and folded in an opposite direction such that the first adhesive element is situated distal from and adjacent to and not on the padding element; and said second end and a second portion of the coversheet proximal to the second end extending beyond the padding element and foldable onto a second surface of the coversheet.