Converse of object

• apply: The aim of applying a tourniquet is to block the flow of blood in the veins going back to the heart.

• use: Don't use a tourniquet or cut the bite open.

• release: If blood enters the chamber you know you are in a vein and in that case - release the tourniquet.

• tie: He ripped the sleeves from the shirt and tied a tourniquet around each leg.

• place: She gently placed a tourniquet around my foreleg as a tear ran down her cheek.

Modifies a noun

• pain: In knee replacement surgery, as the duration of the operation increases, tourniquet pain can become a problem.

• effect: Initially 10 nurses produced a tourniquet effect, five produced insufficient ankle pressure and two produced excessive ankle pressure.

• deflation: Generalized muscle perfusion remains above normal for up to 15 minutes after tourniquet deflation.

• inflation: Cardiovascular Increases in systemic blood pressure, central venous pressure and heart rate have been reported immediately after tourniquet inflation.

• time: Prolonged tourniquet times have been related to respiratory failure requiring postoperative ventilation, especially in trauma.

• application: Patients undergoing surgery under regional anesthesia initially experience a dull ache in the exsanguinated limb after about 30 minutes of tourniquet application.