New Junctional Tourniquet.

[Rooskibar03]

Looks like a great piece of battlefield tech.



More here. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014...entable-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.

[mcantar18c]

I'm a fan of the RATS tourniquet...
http://www.refactortactical.com/rats-tourniquet/

[cofi]

It looks soooo bulky

[Bailey Guns]

It looks soooo bulky

Probably not so much when you've lost a limb.

[cofi]

Probably not so much when you've lost a limb.

I can carry like 10 cat or sof-t tourniquet is it's place

[DocMedic]

I can carry like 10 cat or sof-t tourniquet is it's place

And neither of those would stop Junctional hemorrhaging.

This is basicly a portable Mass Trousers, without the bulk and weight. These type of injuries are more common in IED, blast, collision, and fall accident's then anything else. One pound might be be alot for a ground pounder to carry around all the time, but I could see these being put into every vehicle with ease. SOP will dicate if a medic would carry one. Personally I wouldn't, but all the times we've been attacked while ground pounding was from direct fire engagements.

[cmailliard]

The SAM is nice, the JETT from NA Rescue is nice as well, all Junctional Tourniquets are bulky but for those high femoral bleeds (where a CAT, SOF-T, RAT, etc will not fit) they are invaluable. This does not replace a standard TQ but specifically designed for those high femoral bleeds.

[275RLTW]

Should be interesting when evac'ing the patient via air (medevac) and there is a decrease in ambient air pressure when increasing altitude or the opposite when decending. Looks like a tool to add to a medic vehicle on the ground but not realistic battlefield use.