Hillsboro is 35 miles to the north of Waco, while Hewitt is 8 miles to the southwest. Hotels and apartments in Hillsboro are the Quality Inn and Hampton Inn Hillsboro. The Homewood Suites by Hilton Waco and TownePlace Suites by Marriott Waco South are some of the accommodation options in Hewitt.
A tourniquet is a constricting or compressing device, specifically a bandage, used to control venous and arterial circulation to an extremity for a period of time. Pressure is applied circumferentially upon the skin and underlying tissues of a limb; this pressure is transferred to the walls of vessels, causing them to become temporarily occluded.
If a blood pressure cuff is used as a tourniquet, inflate it to 40 mm Hg. The tourniquet should be on the arm no longer than 1 minute. If the patient has a skin problem, the tourniquet should be applied over the patientâs gown, piece of gauze pad or paper tissue to reduce pinching of the skin. 3. Have the patient make a fist. Using your index finger, palpate and trace the path of the veins.