Rummel Tourniquet
Rumel Tourniquet · Snugger · Tourniquet Kit · Cardiac Tourniquet
A short length of soft tubing with a wire snare or a hooked stylet that pulls a tape or sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry through it. Disposable kits hold several color-coded plastic tubes (red, blue, clear) and a stainless-steel wire snare; a homemade one is umbilical tape threaded through a cut red rubber catheter.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Tightens a purse-string sutureSOO-cherA stitch, or the thread used to stitch, that holds the edges of a wound or incision together.Full entry or umbilical tape around a vessel or cannulaKAN-yoo-luhA thin tube placed into the body or a body opening to deliver or remove fluid or air.Full entry . In heart surgery it snugs the purse-strings around the bypass cannulas and occludes the cavae or other vessels, then can be loosened again. The tubing is held tight with a clamp or a tie.
Lengths and variants
Adult and pediatric kits; tubes about 14 to 18 cm long that can be cut to length. Reusable metal versions exist.
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4 sources
- Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 30 (Vascular and Microvascular Surgery), p. 838
- Phillips N. Surgical Instrumentation. 2nd ed. Chapter 13 (Cardiothoracic and Vascular Instrumentation), p. 372
- publish.obsidian.md
- surgecardiovascular.com
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