Wiener Tourniquet

The Wiener tourniquet is a medical device invented by the American physician A. S. Wiener in 1907. It is a rubber tube about 130 cm long.

A Wiener tourniquet is used to temporarily stop bleeding by compressing the arteries in the extremities. When a tourniquet is applied to an arm or leg, the blood supply to the underlying tissue is cut off, which helps stop bleeding from the wound.

The Wiener tourniquet is widely used in medicine to provide emergency care to victims with severe bleeding. It allows you to gain time until the bleeding is finally stopped using surgical methods. Correct application of a tourniquet can save a person's life.

Alfred Solomon Wiener (1879-1964) - American surgeon, inventor of the first tourniquet to stop bleeding. His development of the tourniquet in the early 20th century was an important contribution to the development of emergency medicine. The Wiener tourniquet is still one of the main tools for combating blood loss.