How to Inflate a TR Band

In general, when we put this TR band on, we're following the standard protocol where you inflate it with maximum amount of air. You slowly release that air until you see the bleeding and then you're supposed to put in about three to five cc's of air just to achieve non-acclusive pressure on that radial artery. At one hour, we take out our first two cc volume of air. We do two cc's every 10 to 15 minutes and I give a range there becauseI think it depends on a lot of factors. One of them being how much heparin we actually gave during the case.