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The article doesn't mention this, but there are already similar products that quickly stop bleeding. The combat gauze QuikClot has been around since 2008 and co
by tristanj 11y ago
The article doesn't mention this, but there are already similar products that quickly stop bleeding. The combat gauze QuikClot has been around since 2008 and contains a compound that quickly coagulates blood. The US Military uses it in Iraq & Afghanistan. Also, the foam pellets shown in the video won't replace gauze in all situations. You can see that syringe opening is fairly large and won't inject into wounds with small openings like those from shrapnel or small caliber bullets.
It's great to see people innovating to save lives but the article should mention competing products. Otherwise, this reads like an advertisement.
- fapjacks 11y agoIn the infantry, we stopped using QuikClot because of the permanent damage the chemical compounds do to tissue around wounds. Our medics carried it, but very rarely used it, and eventually stopped carrying it altogether.