Private Wayne Baird, a soldier from the 173rd Airborne, is treated for a severed brachial artery damaged by a bullet at an outpost in Nuristan province.
First he cut a piece about two inches long out of the brachial artery, which supplies the arm; the arm has plenty of blood supply and would not be crippled.
That pressure also causes the cuff to press against the brachial artery, stopping the flow of blood.
Audio-Digest Foundation Announces the Release of Anesthesiology Volume 55, Issue 08: Review of Regional Anesthesia Jocelyn M. Blake, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Section of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, presented on Brachial Plexus Blocks and Kristopher M. Schroeder, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Section of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology ...
June 23, 2013 - PRWeb