Esmarch tourniquet
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Tourniquet — A tourniquet is a constricting or compressing device used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time. Pressure is applied circumferentially upon the skin and underlying tissues of a limb; this pressure is… … Wikipedia
Esmarch bandage — Es·march bandage es .märk, ez or Es·march s bandage es .märks , ez n a tight rubber bandage for driving the blood out of a limb Esmarch Johannes Friedrich August von (1823 1908) German surgeon. Esmarch was a military surgeon who introduced a… … Medical dictionary
Esmarch bandage — (also known as Esmarch s bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch s tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow hard rubber tourniquet with a chain fastener that is used to control bleeding by applying it around a limb in such a way that blood… … Wikipedia
tourniquet — An instrument for temporarily arresting the flow of blood to or from a distal part by pressure applied with an encircling device. [Fr. fr. tourner, to turn] Dupuytren t. an instrument for compression on the … Medical dictionary
Esmarch bandage (tourniquet) — Es·march bandage (tourniquet) (esґmahrk) [Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon, 1823–1908] see under bandage … Medical dictionary
Tourniquet-Abbindesystem — Militärisches Tourniquet Ein Tourniquet (frz. Drehkreuz, auch Aderpresse) ist ein Abbindesystem, durch das der Blutfluß in den Adern (abhängig vom Druck) gestaut werden kann. Bei der Phlebographie und anderen Methoden zur Untersuchung des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Esmarch — Johann F.A. von, German surgeon, 1823–1908. See E. tourniquet. * * * es·march (esґmahrk) an Esmarch bandage … Medical dictionary
Emergency tourniquet — An emergency tourniquet is a tightly tied band applied around a body part (an arm or a leg) sometimes used in an attempt to stop severe traumatic bleeding.cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d000701… … Wikipedia
bandage — 1. A piece of cloth or other material, of varying shape and size, applied to a body part to provide compression, protect from external contamination, prevent drying, absorb drainage, prevent motion, and retain surgical dressings. 2 … Medical dictionary
test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… … Medical dictionary
