tourniquets
Emergency blood halters
Tourniquets is the plural of tourniquet, a device wrapped tightly around a limb to stop severe bleeding by compressing blood vessels.
Traditionally a band of fabric twisted tight with a rod, modern tourniquets use straps and windlasses.
Medics applied tourniquets to wounded soldiers in the field.
Once considered a last resort, tourniquets are now standard in trauma care.
Profuse discharge of blood
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- limbJointed bodily projection
- arteryOxygen-rich blood conduit
occlusion · pressure · bandage · constriction · blood loss · emergency · trauma · amputation
Strap securing trousers
- clothWoven or knit material
- ropeThick twisted fibers
- stickThin piece of wood
- windlassCranked cylinder for lifting
makeshift · emergency · tying · twisting · fabric · shoelace · shirt · bandana
Armed hostile engagement
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- tacticalStrategically planned
- CATTomographic medical scan
- medicEmergency care provider
casualty · soldier · IED · gunshot · field dressing · medevac · kit · patrol
Surgical procedure venue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
- cuffSleeve or trouser terminus
inflation · exsanguination · procedure · sterile · surgeon · vascular · incision · reconstruction
hemorrhage
Profuse discharge of blood
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- limbJointed bodily projection
artery · occlusion · pressure · bandage · constriction · blood loss · emergency · trauma · amputation · circulation
belt
Strap securing trousers
windlass · makeshift · emergency · tying · twisting · fabric · shoelace · shirt · bandana · tightening
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- tacticalStrategically planned
- CATTomographic medical scan
medic · casualty · soldier · IED · gunshot · field dressing · medevac · kit · patrol · deployment
operating room
Surgical procedure venue
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- orthopedicRelating to bone treatment
- pneumaticUsing pressurized gas
cuff · inflation · exsanguination · procedure · sterile · surgeon · vascular · incision · reconstruction · knee replacement
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, combat medicine
- ancient surgeryamputation, trepanation, cauterization, bloodletting, cautery
- blood equipmentblood glucose meter, glucometer, blood bag, blood bags, blood vial
- war surgeryfield surgery, combat medic, field hospital, MASH unit, medevac
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- humanitarian aidaid, aid organizations, aid workers, disaster relief, aid agencies
tourniquetsvasodilators
Agents widening blood vessels
blood thinners · anticoagulants · nitroglycerin · stents · IV drips
tourniquetsbandages
Strips covering wounds
sutures · wound dressings · gauze · adhesive strips · steri-strips