Esmarch bandage


Es·march ban·dage

(es'mark), a rubber tourniquet that is wrapped around an extremity from distal to proximal before starting a surgical procedure to exsanguinate the limb before the inflation of a proximally placed pneumatic tourniquet.

Es·march ban·dage

(es'mark bandăj) Rubber tourniquet that is wrapped around an extremity from distal to proximal before starting a surgical procedure to exsanguinate the limb before the inflation of a proximally placed pneumatic tourniquet.

Esmarch,

Johann F.A. von, German surgeon, 1823-1908. Esmarch bandage - Synonym(s): Esmarch tourniquetEsmarch operationEsmarch probeEsmarch roll dressingEsmarch scissorsEsmarch shearsEsmarch tin bullet probeEsmarch tourniquet - a narrow hard rubber tourniquet with a chain fastener. Synonym(s): Esmarch bandageEsmarch tube