Rooskibar03
06-23-2014, 15:50
Looks like a great piece of battlefield tech.
http://vimeo.com/78551017
More here. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/23/new-tourniquet-helps-save-soldiers-from-most-common-cause-of-preventable-death/
Some of the most common battlefield injuries require immediate hemorrhage control where tourniquets would not be effective, such as with IED/blast injuries or high level amputations. With these types of injuries, time is of the essence, SAM Medical notes.
Their tourniquet offers a simple design; it’s compact, weighing roughly one pound, and requires just four steps to apply — meaning the bleeding solider could have life-saving pressure applied in less than 25 seconds. The Target Compression Device is placed at or near the injury site and pumped up until the bleeding stops.
http://vimeo.com/78551017
More here. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/06/23/new-tourniquet-helps-save-soldiers-from-most-common-cause-of-preventable-death/
Some of the most common battlefield injuries require immediate hemorrhage control where tourniquets would not be effective, such as with IED/blast injuries or high level amputations. With these types of injuries, time is of the essence, SAM Medical notes.
Their tourniquet offers a simple design; it’s compact, weighing roughly one pound, and requires just four steps to apply — meaning the bleeding solider could have life-saving pressure applied in less than 25 seconds. The Target Compression Device is placed at or near the injury site and pumped up until the bleeding stops.