000131793 001__ 131793 000131793 005__ 20250912141055.0 000131793 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1017/dmp.2023.179 000131793 0248_ $$2sideral$$a137177 000131793 037__ $$aART-2023-137177 000131793 041__ $$aeng 000131793 100__ $$aYánez Benñitez, Carlos 000131793 245__ $$aExtremity Tourniquet Self-Application by Antarctica Zodiac Crew Members 000131793 260__ $$c2023 000131793 5203_ $$aSearch and rescue teams and Antarctic research groups use protective cold-water anti-exposure suits (AES) when cruising on Zodiacs. Extremity tourniquet (ET) self-application (SA) donned with AESs has not been previously studied. Our study therefore assessed the SA of 5 commercial ETs (CAT, OMNA, RATS, RMT, and SWAT-T) among 15 volunteers who donned these suits. Tourniquet‘s SA ability, ease of SA, tolerance, and tourniquet preference were measured. All ETs tested were self-applied to the upper extremity except for the SWAT, which was self-applied with the rest to the lower extremity. Ease- of- SA mean values were compared using the Friedman and Durbin-Conover post hoc tests (P < 0.001). Regarding the upper extremity, OMNA achieved the highest score of 8.5 out of 10, while RMT, and SWAT received lower scores than other options (P < 0.001). For lower extremities, SWAT was found to be inferior to other options (P < 0.01). Overall, OMNA was the best performer. The RATS showed significantly lower tolerance than the other groups in repeated- measures ANOVA with a Tukey post hoc test (P < 0.01). Additionally, out of the 5 ETs tested, 60% of subjects preferred OMNA. The study concluded that SA commercial ETs are feasible over cold-water anti-exposure suits in the Antarctic climate. 000131793 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000131793 590__ $$a1.9$$b2023 000131793 592__ $$a0.575$$b2023 000131793 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b226 / 408 = 0.554$$c2023$$dQ3$$eT2 000131793 593__ $$aPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health$$c2023$$dQ2 000131793 591__ $$aPUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH$$b226 / 408 = 0.554$$c2023$$dQ3$$eT2 000131793 594__ $$a4.4$$b2023 000131793 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000131793 700__ $$aLorente-Aznar, Teófilo 000131793 700__ $$aLabaka, Idurre 000131793 700__ $$aSoteras, Iñigo 000131793 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2672-5790$$aBaselga, Marta 000131793 700__ $$aMorishita, Koji 000131793 700__ $$aRibeiro, Marcelo 000131793 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-4437-2581$$aGüemes, Antonio$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000131793 7102_ $$11013$$2090$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Cirugía$$cÁrea Cirugía 000131793 773__ $$g17, e561 (2023), 1-8$$pDISASTER MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS$$tDisaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness$$x1935-7893 000131793 8564_ $$s589183$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131793/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000131793 8564_ $$s2950084$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/131793/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000131793 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:131793$$particulos$$pdriver 000131793 951__ $$a2025-09-12-14:09:37 000131793 980__ $$aARTICLE