Tourniquet best practice commitment

In 2003, the company’s employees collaborated with world-renowned surgeon Professor Leslie Klenerman as he wrote a textbook on tourniquet good practice for university and college-based medical courses. Professor Klenerman said he had been delighted to work alongside the Anetic Aid team during the preparation of his book, adding: “Tourniquets are something of a Cinderella area – everyone uses them but never worries about it until something goes wrong, and yet there is a lot to remember.”

The company also began a programme offering customers and universities free training on the preparation, use and care of tourniquet systems. The training covers the tourniquet’s four main uses, namely to maintain a bloodless operating field, to conserve the patient’s blood during surgery, to assist in regional block anaesthesia, and to provide treatment in pain relief. It involves how to prepare and apply the tourniquet and appropriate cuffs, limb exsanguination, cuff pressures, inflation and deflation, contra indications, recording of procedures and care and maintenance of the equipment.