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TUESDAY, May 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) is suitable for use in the upper and lower extremities of school-age children, according to a study published online May 7 in Pediatrics<\/i>.<\/p>\n
H. Theodore Harcke, M.D., from the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, and colleagues recruited 60 school-age volunteers (aged 6 to 16 years) and applied the CAT to an upper arm and thigh while peripheral pulse was monitored by Doppler. The number of windlass turns needed to arrest arterial pulse was recorded, with a maximum of three allowed.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that the CAT successfully occluded arterial blood flow as detected by Doppler pulse in all 60 upper extremities tested. Fifty-six had successful occlusion in the lower extremity. The three-turn maximum was not sufficient for some older, obese (body mass index >30 kg\/m\u00b2) patients. The number of turns needed to occlude blood flow gradually increased with an increase in arm and thigh circumference in both the upper and lower extremities.<\/p>\n
“Those developing protocols for pediatric emergencies can be confident that the CAT is suitable for hemorrhage control in the school-aged population,” the authors write.<\/p>\n
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