Assertion: esmarch bandage | /r/Synonym | esmarch's bandage
Facets:
value: for surgical haemostasis
type: PURPOSE
value: for esmarch's tourniquet
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Esmarch bandage (also known as Esmarch's bandage for surgical haemostasis or Esmarch's tourniquet) in its modern form is a narrow (5 to 10 cm wide) soft rubber bandage that is used to expel venous blood from a limb (exsanguinate) that has had its arterial supply cut off by a tourniquet.