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Meanings of compression bandage in English

Portuguese
torniquete
Catalan
torniquet

Bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure.

        torniquete
        Usage of compression bandage in English
        1
        She jumped out of the back, duffel in one hand and a compression bandage in the other.
        The Fireman
        2
        I want to head over to his island and get a compression bandage and a brace on him.
        The Fireman
        3
        Homes has the stump of Boggs's left thigh cupped by some sort of compression bandage, but it's already soaked through.
        Mockingjay
        4
        Noonan?' he asked, forgetting all about the compression bandage for the dazed but apparently not too badly hurt Irene Deorsey.
        Bag of Bones
        5
        It was Joe Wyzer, hurrying back to the pharmacy to get a compression bandage for Irene Deorsey's head, who spotted her.
        Bag of Bones
        6
        Introduction: Treating venous leg ulcers involves replacing dressings and applying compression bandages (CB).
        Pubmed
        7
        She would need medical tape, gauze, Advil, scissors, a sling for his arm, compression bandages, a plastic splint.
        The Fireman
        8
        Primary conservative management by repeated compression bandages (CB) or ultrasound guided compression (UGC) was attempted in all patients.
        Pubmed
        9
        "Well, he ain't never gonna make that mistake again, is he?" I remembered him saying as he staunched the blood flow with a compression bandage.
        A knife edge
        Translations for compression bandage
        Catalan
        torniquet