The new inflatable external lower leg compression improves stroke volume and peripheral perfusion during central hypovolemia in healthy volunteers. The application of external leg compression (ELC) around the upper and lower legs is able to prevent and restore hemodynamic alterations during head-up tilt (HUT). The study found that ELC produced an auto transfusion effect in normovolemic subjects in a 60o HUT at 50 cm H2O compression pressure. ELC was shown to be able to prevent and restore hemodynamic alterations during HUT and may be used to prevent or restore hemodynamic alterations in critically ill patients.