Implementing AORN recommended practices for care of patients undergoing pneumatic tourniquet-assisted procedures.
Perioperative nurses are likely to encounter the use of pneumatic tourniquets in a variety of operative and invasive extremity procedures. Use of a pneumatic tourniquet offers an opportunity to obtain a near-bloodless surgical field; however, the use of tourniquets is not without risk. Unfavorable outcomes include pain, thrombotic events, nerve compression injuries, and disruption of skin integrity. Perioperative nurses should be familiar with the indications, contraindications, and changes in physiology associated with pneumatic tourniquet use. The revised AORN "Recommended practices for care of patients undergoing pneumatic tourniquet-assisted procedures" is focused on the perioperative nurse's role in patient care and provides guidance for developing, implementing, and evaluating practices that promote patient safety and improve the likelihood of positive outcomes.
Rodney W
RW
Hicks
Bonnie
B
Denholm
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D013527:Perioperative Nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014111:Tourniquets
IV regional anesthesia; bloodless surgical field; pneumatic tourniquet; pneumatic tourniquet-assisted procedures