| An alert Sailor called for someone to summon the corpsman and then he dropped to the deck to close off the blood loss by use of a tourniquet. |
| Drain blood from the finger and apply a tourniquet using a rubber band or a small Penrose drain at the base of the affected digit. |
| Many surgeons use a tourniquet around the thigh, which reduces blood flow around the knee. |
| Frequently he would return to the ward at night to check a plaster or that a tourniquet had not been left in situ inadvertently. |
| This does not preclude the operating physician's applying the tourniquet as he or she wishes. |
| A perioperative success is freedom from a tourniquet injury, not just the task of applying the tourniquet. |
