An inflatable abdominal tourniquet has made it possible to survive once-fatal injuries. The device could have saved three soldiers per month between 2001 and 2010, the U.S. Army says. On June 7 in Birmingham, Ala., a blood-soaked, unconscious 41-year-old man arrived at a hospital in the passenger seat of a car. The man had lost 75 percent of his blood through two bullet holes in his armpit, and when nurses pulled him from the car at 4:50 p.m., he was less than 5 minutes away from dying. At 4:53 ...
An inflatable abdominal tourniquet has made it possible to survive once-fatal injuries. The device could have saved three soldiers per month between 2001 and 2010, the U.S. Army says. On June 7 in Birmingham, Ala., a blood-soaked, unconscious 41-year-old man arrived at a hospital in the passenger seat of a car. The man had lost 75 percent of his blood through two bullet holes in his armpit, and when nurses pulled him from the car at 4:50 p.m., he was less than 5 minutes away from dying. At 4:53 ...
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