Post-operative surgical patients are often fitted with pneumatic compression boots that increase the pressure around limbs, such as the legs. Determine the effect of these boots on blood flow in the limbs
What will be an ideal response?
These compression boots increase pressure around limbs, such as the legs, to create a pressure gradient. Normally, blood flows down its pressure gradient from the area of higher pressure (near the heart) to the area of lower pressure in the peripheral vasculature. These boots are intended to aid in the return of low-pressured venous blood back to the heart, and work to like the skeletal muscle pump. These boots are intended to help prevent thrombosis.
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