Lab Evaluation of Four Ukrainian-Manufactured Tourniquets

The SICH, DNIPRO, and PULS always reached completable arterial occlusion; Y&B did not and had design concerns. None became nonfunctional. Windlass-rod-tightening-system tourniquets routinely have higher-than-desirable completion pressures, which matters with long tourniquet times. Current hook-and-loop-limb-encircling straps are too short to engage base-area-strap-securing mechanisms on many adult thighs.