The carotid artery: it's not just a convenient knockout point.
This cautionary PSA comes courtesy of 
ellex42:
If I had any talent at making icons or gifs, I'd make one that rotated pictures of various fandom woobies with the caption "Congratulations! Due to your inability to spend 5 minutes checking medicine/biology on the internet, you have killed your woobie. Please apply to fandom for a replacement woobie. Daniel Jackson whumpers need not apply due to canon resurrections."
Context points out that Neck Tourniquet + Human (Or Similar) Anatomy = First Aid Fail.
ellex42: If I had any talent at making icons or gifs, I'd make one that rotated pictures of various fandom woobies with the caption "Congratulations! Due to your inability to spend 5 minutes checking medicine/biology on the internet, you have killed your woobie. Please apply to fandom for a replacement woobie. Daniel Jackson whumpers need not apply due to canon resurrections."
Context points out that Neck Tourniquet + Human (Or Similar) Anatomy = First Aid Fail.
