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  • 10 Best Tourniquet Practices for Surgical Tourniquets in 2018
  • Tourniquet Technology
    • Introduction
    • Surgical Tourniquet Instrument Technology
    • Tourniquet Cuff Technology
  • Tourniquet Safety: Mechanisms and Prevention of Injuries
    • Tourniquet Safety: Mechanisms and Prevention of Injuries
    • Limb Occlusion Pressure (LOP)
  • Surgical Tourniquet Safety and Use
    • Preoperative Patient Assessment
    • Equipment Preparation
    • Intravenous Regional Anesthesia (IVRA)
    • Tourniquet Cuff Selection
    • Tourniquet Cuff Application
    • Safety Considerations During Use
    • Maintenance, Cleaning, and Reprocessing
  • Reports of Hazards and Readers’ Questions
    • FDA Requirements for Pneumatic Tourniquets in the United States
    • Tourniquets for Treating Open Fractures and Traumatic Injuries: Contraindicated or Not?
    • Hazards of Narrow, Non-Pneumatic Elastic Ring tourniquets
    • Are There Any Guidelines on Best Practices for Hospital Admission of a Patient with a Pre-Applied Tourniquet?
  • Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Rehabilitation
    • Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Rehabilitation
    • 6 Questions to Ask Before Buying a BFR System
    • Personalized BFR Rehabilitation for Patients with Possible Prior Nerve Injury
  • Specialty Tourniquets and New Developments
    • Emergency Tourniquets: Military and Pre-Hospital
    • Pediatric Tourniquets
    • What are Internal Tourniquets?
    • Personalized Scalp Tourniquets

© Copyright 2022, J.A. McEwen
Use of this site signifies your agreement to the terms of use

  • Home
  • Blog
  • About the Author
    • About the Author
    • Review Our Publications
  • Contact the Author
    • Ask a Question
    • Suggest Content
tourniquets.org Logo
  • 10 Best Tourniquet Practices for Surgical Tourniquets in 2018
  • Tourniquet Technology
    • Introduction
    • Surgical Tourniquet Instrument Technology
    • Tourniquet Cuff Technology
  • Tourniquet Safety: Mechanisms and Prevention of Injuries
    • Tourniquet Safety: Mechanisms and Prevention of Injuries
    • Limb Occlusion Pressure (LOP)
  • Surgical Tourniquet Safety and Use
    • Preoperative Patient Assessment
    • Equipment Preparation
    • Intravenous Regional Anesthesia (IVRA)
    • Tourniquet Cuff Selection
    • Tourniquet Cuff Application
    • Safety Considerations During Use
    • Maintenance, Cleaning, and Reprocessing
  • Reports of Hazards and Readers’ Questions
    • FDA Requirements for Pneumatic Tourniquets in the United States
    • Tourniquets for Treating Open Fractures and Traumatic Injuries: Contraindicated or Not?
    • Hazards of Narrow, Non-Pneumatic Elastic Ring tourniquets
    • Are There Any Guidelines on Best Practices for Hospital Admission of a Patient with a Pre-Applied Tourniquet?
  • Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Rehabilitation
    • Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Rehabilitation
    • 6 Questions to Ask Before Buying a BFR System
    • Personalized BFR Rehabilitation for Patients with Possible Prior Nerve Injury
  • Specialty Tourniquets and New Developments
    • Emergency Tourniquets: Military and Pre-Hospital
    • Pediatric Tourniquets
    • What are Internal Tourniquets?
    • Personalized Scalp Tourniquets

Blog

May 11th, 2021:

  • Embedded method of LOP measurement enables accurate, effective and simple prescription of personalized tourniquet cuff pressures in a clinical setting

May 20th, 2020:

  • Errors and Limitations Associated With Use of Pulse Oximetry to Estimate Limb Occlusion Pressure (LOP)

October 6th, 2019:

  • Effect of Cuff Pressure on Blood Flow During Blood Flow–Restricted Rest and Exercise

November 30th, 2018:

  • Why Are Automatic Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Systems Best?

September 4th, 2018:

  • Are There Any Guidelines on Best Practices for Hospital Admission of a Patient with a Pre-Applied Tourniquet?

August 28th, 2018:

  • How Can Personalized Blood Flow Restriction Be Used Safely and Effectively to Accelerate Rehabilitation After Surgery?

March 16th, 2018:

  • Untangling Misconceptions about Narrow Cuffs and Safety

February 2nd, 2018:

  • Clarification on Pneumatic Tourniquet Use
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