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2. Emergency tourniquet - Wikipedia

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   Existing guidelines call for the use of improvised "rope-and-stick" tourniquets as a last resort to stop severe bleeding. However, purpose-made tourniquet devices that are well designed can provide greatly increased safety and efficacy. [2] [4] Variability in performance has been shown to exist between various designs and application methods ...

3. Emergency bleeding control - Wikipedia

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   Another method of achieving constriction of the supplying artery is a tourniquet - a band tied tightly around a limb to restrict blood flow. Tourniquets are routinely used to bring veins to the surface for cannulation, though their use in emergency medicine is more limited. Many armies carry a tourniquet as part of their personal first aid kit.

4. Tourniquet - Wikipedia

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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.

5. Intravenous regional anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   The use of tourniquets and injected anesthesia to induce localized anesthesia was first introduced by August Bier in 1908. He used an Esmarch bandage to exsanguinate the arm and injected procaine between two tourniquets to rapidly induce anesthetic and analgesic effects in the site. [ 3 ]

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8. Ischemia-reperfusion injury of the appendicular ...

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   These tourniquets are often 1–2″ in width, which concentrates the pressure to a narrow band of tissue. They can result in tissue necrosis if kept in place for long periods, and should only be applied after other methods to control bleeding (e.g., elevation or direct pressure to the wound) have failed, except in settings where time does not ...

9. How long Thanksgiving food leftovers last, plus more food ...

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   How long gravy will last after Thanksgiving. Gravy can last up to four days in fridge and up to four months in freezer. To easily reheat gravy, add to a sauce pan and bringing to a rolling boil.