A tourniquet is a band that is often used in emergency situ…
A tourniquet is a band that is often used in emergency situations to stop/reduce blood flow to an open wound to prevent against excessive blood loss. A tourniquet (shown in the figure below) is often applied to a limb during a traumatic injury such as to an arm or leg to occlude/block blood flow above the site of injury for a short amount of time (often described as a brief period of ischemia). If the tourniquet is removed from the limb and blood flow is restored through the vessels, ____________ would occur.
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