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Military anti-shock trousers

Index Military anti-shock trousers

Military anti-shock trousers, or pneumatic anti-shock garments (PASG), are medical devices used to treat severe blood loss. [1]

9 relations: Bleeding, Cochrane Library, Compression garment, Death, Disease, Hemostasis, Hypovolemia, Permissive hypotension, Shock (circulatory).

Bleeding

Bleeding, also known as hemorrhaging or haemorrhaging, is blood escaping from the circulatory system.

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Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library (named after Archie Cochrane) is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by Cochrane and other organizations.

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Compression garment

Compression garments are pieces of clothing that fit tightly around the skin.

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Death

Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.

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Disease

A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

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Hemostasis

Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage).

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Hypovolemia

Hypovolemia is a state of decreased blood volume; more specifically, decrease in volume of blood plasma.

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Permissive hypotension

Permissive hypotension or hypotensive resuscitation is the use of restrictive fluid therapy, specifically in the trauma patient, that increases systemic blood pressure without reaching normotension (normal blood pressures).

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Shock (circulatory)

Shock is the state of low blood perfusion to tissues resulting in cellular injury and inadequate tissue function.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_anti-shock_trousers

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