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Tourniquet being applied to an arm on a training dummy A combat tourniquet commonly used by combat medics (military environment) and EMS (civilian environment).. A tourniquet is a device that is used to apply pressure to a limb or extremity in order to create ischemia or stopping the flow of blood.
Pressure underneath a tourniquet cuff is not evenly distributed, with the highest pressures localized around the cuff center line and decreasing to zero near the cuff edges. [7] A high rate of change of pressure across the cuff width, or a high cuff pressure gradient , is a leading cause of nerve and muscle injury from tourniquet use. [ 7 ]
A tourniquet test (also known as a Rumpel-Leede capillary-fragility test or simply a capillary fragility test) determines capillary fragility. It is a clinical diagnostic method to determine a patient's haemorrhagic tendency.
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Esmarch bandage (also known as Esmarch's bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch's tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow (5 to 10 cm (2.0 to 3.9 in) wide) soft rubber bandage that is used to expel venous blood from a limb (exsanguinate) that has had its arterial supply cut off by a tourniquet. The limb is often elevated as the elastic ...
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Tourniquet may refer to: Tourniquet, a medical device used to control blood flow to an extremity: Surgical tourniquet, a specialised surgical tool;