How does it work???

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you no those big blow up tourniques they put on patients arms/legs and pump up before surgery (to i assume ease bleeding when they make the incision). How do they work????

2007-01-17 07:40:55 · 3 answers · asked by BscHons 6 in Health ➔ Other - Health

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They are inflated to a pressure to impede bleeding but to allow for venous return. This is usually somewhere between your top and bottom blood pressure readings which is why they have a gauge on them

2007-01-18 02:07:46 · answer #1 · answered by mandy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

pressure cuts off blood flow

2007-01-17 07:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by piratesofmaddness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

air pressure

2007-01-17 07:46:32 · answer #3 · answered by hobo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋