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1. A compression device for treating a hypotensive patient undergoing a treatment procedure, comprising:
a band configured for elastically constraining the abdomen of the patient throughout the procedure while concurrently maintaining mobility of the patient's legs; the band including at least two discrete elastic strips and at least two markings, each strip having a free end that is selectively, releasably affixable near any one of the at least two markings and each particular marking indicating a different, predetermined compression level from the other markings when the free ends of the strips are releasably affixed near the particular marking, wherein the band is constructed to apply a non-pulsating, compressive pressure to the internal organs within the abdomen of the patient during the procedure through affixation of the respective free ends of the elastic strips at a location near one of the at least two markings, the compression device thereby, when constraining the abdomen of the patient, reduces the pooling of blood within the patient's abdominal internal organs while concurrently allowing for unencumbered movement of the patient's legs during the procedure, and wherein a first of the at least two markings corresponds to a first predetermined compression level that will be applied to the abdomen of the patient in the range of about 5 mm Hg to about 12 mm Hg when the respective free ends of the elastic strips are affixed to the band near the first of the markings, and a second of the at least two markings corresponds to a second predetermined compression level that will be applied to the abdomen of the patient in the range of about 13 mm Hg to about 22 mm Hg when the respective free ends of the elastic strips are affixed to the band near the second of the markings. |
