The Tourniquet Manual — Principles and Practice

• Main Author: Klenerman, Leslie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2003.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Orthopedics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Emergency Medicine.; Surgical Orthopedics.

Why write a book on the tourniquet? The tourniquet is used routinely in op- ating theatres throughout the world, but as far as I know there is no single book that surveys the considerable literature that has accumulated. If used sensibly, the tourniquet is a safe instrument. Most of the few complica...

Table of Contents:

• Historical Background
• Effect of a Tourniquet on the Limb and the Systemic Circulation
• Ischaemia-Reperfusion Syndrome
• Exsanguination of the Limb
• Complications
• The Tourniquet Used for Anaesthesia
• Technology and Practice.