Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing Archive
Functional object - Tourniquet in case, Prameta, Prameta Tourniquet, [circa late 1900's]
... Intravenous access... equipment Prameta Blood IV access Intravenous access Degraded white ...
Torniquet is a mechanism used to make veins stand out for taking blood or inserting intravenous cannulae. This particular mass produced tourniquet was a portable one with its own case and a very common and essential part of medical equipment.Degraded white plastic case with writing embossed on lid, containing a degraded elastic torniquet with metal bucklemedical equipment, prameta, blood, iv access, intravenous access