EMTs need to train with these and carry it with them. UN missions need them for medical treatment. They need to be fast tracked. I bet most anyone can learn to use them. If they were put in First Aid kits with antiseptic it would sell well and bring down the price of the product.
The inventors need to think about making varying sizes of the instrument.
By Tracy Miller
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 6:17 PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 11:54 AM
An ingenious new invention (click here) will save precious seconds in treating life-threatening gunshot wounds on the battlefield.
The XStat looks like a syringe filled with pills, but the capsules it contains are actually tiny sponges that plug wounds and stop bleeding minutes faster than packing them with gauze.
Army medics have long wished for a better solution for treating deep wounds, said John Steinbaugh, a 25-year U.S. Army veteran and former Special Operations medic who now heads up strategic development at the Oregon-based company RevMedX.
Currently, it's an imprecise process in which medics must pack the
gauze several inches inside the body, attempting to get it all the way
to the bottom of the wound. Then they must apply pressure for three
minutes, hoping the bleeding stops....
It reminds me of AEDs. The automatic external defibrillators. Anyone can use them. If schools across the USA were equipped with these all over their campus and in the school buildings and classrooms, they would save lives when gun nuts cut loose.
There are a lot of guns in the world and this could be the difference between death and survival. If bleeding can be stopped liquids can be swallowed and or saline infused to stabilize blood pressure and shock reactions.
War and hatred can become meaningless.
The inventors need to think about making varying sizes of the instrument.
By Tracy Miller NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 5, 2014, 6:17 PM
Thursday, February 6, 2014, 11:54 AM
An ingenious new invention (click here) will save precious seconds in treating life-threatening gunshot wounds on the battlefield.
The XStat looks like a syringe filled with pills, but the capsules it contains are actually tiny sponges that plug wounds and stop bleeding minutes faster than packing them with gauze.
Army medics have long wished for a better solution for treating deep wounds, said John Steinbaugh, a 25-year U.S. Army veteran and former Special Operations medic who now heads up strategic development at the Oregon-based company RevMedX.
Currently, it's an imprecise process in which medics must pack the
gauze several inches inside the body, attempting to get it all the way
to the bottom of the wound. Then they must apply pressure for three
minutes, hoping the bleeding stops....It reminds me of AEDs. The automatic external defibrillators. Anyone can use them. If schools across the USA were equipped with these all over their campus and in the school buildings and classrooms, they would save lives when gun nuts cut loose.
There are a lot of guns in the world and this could be the difference between death and survival. If bleeding can be stopped liquids can be swallowed and or saline infused to stabilize blood pressure and shock reactions.
War and hatred can become meaningless.
