Rotating Torniquet

PURPOSE:

• to decrease congestion in the heart
• to decrease venous return

STEPS:

• apply the tourniquet: 3 extremities are occluded, leave 1 extremity free
• after 15 minutes, rotate the tourniquet, rotate in a clockwise direction
• rotate the tourniquet 3 times
• remove the tourniquet

EXAMPLE:

• 1 - 12:00 PM tourniquet is applied
• 2 - 12:15 PM rotate the tourniquet
• 3 - 12:30 PM rotate the tourniquet
• 4 - 12:45 PM rotate the tourniquet
• 5 - 1:00 PM remove all the tourniquet