pneumatic antishock garment

pneumatic antishock garment.

See shock trousers.

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pneumatic antishock garment

MAST garment, military antishock trousers Emergency medicine A garment-like device placed around a Pt's legs and abdomen–2 separate chambers and inflated to provide emergency treatment of shock until more definitive therapy–eg, volume replacement, transfusion, or surgery can be performed Indications Shock with BP < 80 mm Hg, or 80–90 mm Hg if evidence of hypoperfusion; splinting of pelvic and femoral fractures; tamponade of suspected intra-abdominal hemorrhage–eg, from a ruptured or leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm; as an adjunct to CPR in Pts with cardiac arrest