{"id":1426,"date":"2010-12-05T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2010-12-05T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/popliteal-artery\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:23:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:23:56","slug":"popliteal-artery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/","title":{"rendered":"Popliteal Artery"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><em><strong>Indication:<\/strong> <\/em><\/span>For <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>arterial bleeding<\/strong><\/span> from the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">feet<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lower legs<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong><em>Pressure Point:<\/em><\/strong><\/span> The <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>popliteal artery<\/strong><\/span> runs as an extension of the femoral artery along the back of the knee.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Procedure<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Place a firm support such as a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bandage roll<\/span> or <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">handkerchief<\/span> in the back of the knee.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Bend the knee until the heel is almost in contact with the buttocks <em><strong>[Figure 10]<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Move or enlarge the support in the back of the knee if the bleeding cannot be controlled.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"jce_caption\" style=\"display: inline-block; color: #003366;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1425\" style=\"margin: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><strong><span style=\"width: 400px; display: block;\">Figure 10<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indication: For arterial bleeding from the feet and lower legs. Pressure Point: The popliteal artery runs as an extension of the femoral artery along the back of the knee. Procedure Place a firm support such as a bandage roll or handkerchief in the back of the knee. Bend the knee until the heel is almost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[149],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care","tag-bandages-bandaging-techniques"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Qpercom | Skills in Medicine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"gabia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@mockosce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mockosce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"gabia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"gabia\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bedf99e4ffefb354320f0f866e97a462\"},\"headline\":\"Popliteal Artery\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":82,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloverock.info\\\/mockosce23\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bandages &amp; Bandaging Techniques\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Controlling bleeding and wound care\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/\",\"name\":\"Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloverock.info\\\/mockosce23\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\\\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\\\/popliteal-artery\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloverock.info\\\/mockosce23\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cloverock.info\\\/mockosce23\\\/new\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2010\\\/12\\\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mock-OSCE.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mock OSCE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dev.mock-osce.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/MockOSCE-One-liner-logo-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/dev.mock-osce.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/MockOSCE-One-liner-logo-1.jpg\",\"width\":1138,\"height\":360,\"caption\":\"Mock OSCE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mockosce\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bedf99e4ffefb354320f0f866e97a462\",\"name\":\"gabia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"gabia\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.qpercom.com\\\/sim\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/gabia\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine","description":"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine","og_description":"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/","og_site_name":"Qpercom | Skills in Medicine","article_published_time":"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"gabia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@mockosce","twitter_site":"@mockosce","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"gabia","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/"},"author":{"name":"gabia","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#\/schema\/person\/bedf99e4ffefb354320f0f866e97a462"},"headline":"Popliteal Artery","datePublished":"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/"},"wordCount":82,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg","keywords":["Bandages &amp; Bandaging Techniques"],"articleSection":["Controlling bleeding and wound care"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/","url":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/","name":"Popliteal Artery - Qpercom | Skills in Medicine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg","datePublished":"2010-12-05T12:16:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T14:23:56+00:00","description":"Online Mock OSCEs with examiners, patient actors, instant results and personalised feedback. Prepare for your OSCE.","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/bandages-and-bandaging-techniques\/controlling-bleeding-and-wound-care\/popliteal-artery\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cloverock.info\/mockosce23\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Bandages_ba-fig-10.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/","name":"Mock-OSCE.com","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#organization","name":"Mock OSCE","url":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/dev.mock-osce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MockOSCE-One-liner-logo-1.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/dev.mock-osce.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MockOSCE-One-liner-logo-1.jpg","width":1138,"height":360,"caption":"Mock OSCE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/mockosce"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/#\/schema\/person\/bedf99e4ffefb354320f0f866e97a462","name":"gabia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/36bd7d9cb105dfc9674e7f63398172bff20ef8a1f67b643b187c0f5204f4518c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"gabia"},"url":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/author\/gabia\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5828,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions\/5828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qpercom.com\/sim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}