Table 4.

Application time [seconds]

	CAT	SAMXT	SOFTT-W	CAT vs. SAMXT	CAT vs. SOFTT-W	SAMXT vs. SOFTT-W
Undressed	24 ± 4	34 ± 6	34 ± 13	*	*
Bundeswehr combat trousers	25 ± 5	31 ± 8	34 ± 13	*	*
Bundeswehr insulation sublayer + Bundeswehr combat trousers	24 ± 4	32 ± 9	27 ± 8 *	*		*
Bundeswehr combat trousers + Bundeswehr rain trousers	27 ± 5	25 ± 6 *	30 ± 10
Bundeswehr combat trousers + Bundeswehr insulation trousers	20 ± 3	25 ± 5 *	24 ± 7 *
Bundeswehr combat trousers + Bundeswehr insulation trousers + Bundeswehr rain trousers	31 ± 7 *	33 ± 10	25 ± 5 *		*	*
Bundeswehr tropical trousers + Bundeswehr Overgarment	29 ± 6 *	41 ± 15 *	38 ± 12	*	*
Cut protection trousers	21 ± 3	36 ± 10	24 ± 4 *	*		*
Synthetic motorcycle trousers	23 ± 3	28 ± 7 *	27 ± 4 *	*
Leather motorcycle trousers	25 ± 3	42 ± 13 *	30 ± 6	*	*	*

Application time corresponding to each tourniquet for each of the nine clothing setups compared to the undressed setting and comparison of the three tourniquets within each clothing setup

The data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation

CAT: Combat Application Tourniquet® Generation 7; SAMXT: SAM® Extremity Tourniquet; SOFTT-W: SOF® Tactical Tourniquet Wide Generation 4

*Significant at p < 0.05