The Tourniquet Manual -- Principles and Practice

by Leslie Klenerman

The Tourniquet Manual - principles and practice provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the safe use of the tourniquet by using a physiological approach which ensures good practice. Starting from a historical background the reader learns the detailed effects of ischaemia on the vulnerable tissues, especially muscle and nerve. The effects of releasing the tourniquet on the systemic circulation and the complicated biochemistry of the ischaemia-reperfusion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852337060
• ISBN13: 9781852337063
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 10.3"