Clinical Application and Validation of Innovative Tourniquet

Background: Tourniquets are the basic equipment for nurses to perform blood draws, and venous indwelling needles for congestion, or for hemostasis. Therefore, forgetting to remove the tourniquet is a common problem that leads to blood circulation being blocked, and even severe tissue necrosis occurred.Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate whether this innovative tourniquet could prevent forgetting to remove the tourniquet, and improve the satisfaction of care.Research design: This clinical research trial was a quasi-experimental study designed for a single group with pre-and post-test. We will recruit 160 nurses in high-risk units of the hospital. The delay in removing the tourniquet as our study outcome is defined as the removing time delay of one minute.Expected results: The research results will provide some evidence of the efficacy of intelligent tourniquets.

Inclusion Criteria: Nurse group: We included nurses who have working experience of more than 3 months, and are willing to use an innovative tourniquet.