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Sequential Compression Device

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A small pump unit with a carry handle and display, with tubing that connects to inflatable sleeves wrapped around the patient's legs.

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What it does and what experienced techs know about it.

  • What it’s for

    Squeezes the legs in sequence to keep blood moving back toward the heart and prevent blood clots (venous thromboembolismthrom-boh-EM-buh-liz-umA blockage of a blood vessel by a blood clot that formed in one place and traveled through the blood to another.thromb/o clotembol plug-ism conditionFull entry ) during long surgeries or in patients at risk of thrombosisthrom-BOH-sisThe forming of a blood clot (a thrombus) inside a blood vessel or the heart.thromb/o clot-osis conditionFull entry . The sleeves are applied in the OR before a lengthy procedure starts, often together with graduated compression stockingkum-PRESH-un STOK-ingA tight elastic stocking that squeezes the leg, most firmly at the ankle, to help blood flow back toward the heart.Full entry .

  • What experienced techs know

    What techs who reach for it every day know about it.Pro

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  1. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 13 (Anesthesia, Physiological Monitoring, and Postanesthesia Recovery), p. 276
  2. Fuller JK. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 20 (Minimally Invasive Surgery), p. 443
  3. Rothrock JC. Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery. 17th ed. Chapter 12 (Surgery of the Biliary Tract, Pancreas, Liver, and Spleen), p. 347

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