Posted on 01/15/2010 3:32:58 PM PST by Flavius
Gunshot wounds can cause severe bleeding that is not subject to typical control measures like pressure application and bandaging the site. Most of the torn vessels are way below the skin, and so external methods to stem the bleeding don't address the real problem within, especially in the trunk. CardioCommand out of Tampa, Florida has developed the TourniCath device that is actually inserted into the wound along the bullet's path and then inflated to apply pressure directly to the insides. At over a foot in length and half an inch in diameter before inflation, the device is designed for quick and intuitive application by emergency responders.
The Tournicath Device is not currently approved by the FDA and is therefore not available for sale in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at medgadget.com ...
The DNC is going to need this before all is said and done.
Barney Frank is already thinking...
“This thing has possibilities!”
Withhold it from them.
We are all going to need one to insert in our rears in order to stop the bleeding.
I hope our military has them.
Iveheard of useing tampons
can anybody confirm or deny ?
Heard the same thing, have been fortunate enough to neve have had to test them this way.
Jack
neve=never
Jack
one documented episode?
Good stuff, a lifesaver for warriors.
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Spent three tours in AF and one in Iraq. Didn't ever see them used (Praise the Lord) but saw several of them in packs.
very well.
Thank you for your commendable service
Pretty funny that its not approve yet
FDA: we want to make sure you bleed to death, but at least your safe from unapproved product.
Guess I'll have to use these for now.
A lot of our modern day marvels began as ideas in combat zones and in the NASA space program.......
One such procedure that was used on me about 25 years ago was an instrument that an ENT specialist inserted up my nose into my sinus cavity to "check things out".
He told me the history of that thing and it was initially developed by NASA to allow the astronauts to insert the thing behind computer banks or instrument panels in order to search for electronic malfunctions.........It was basically a camera of sorts.
2 things
Hope this actually works
and hopefully person is not awake for the procedure
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