New Truncal Tourniquet Ready for Battlefield Use
January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 19 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
Saving the lives of combat wounded is one of the main objectives at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Research on pre-hospital care devices like the tourniquet has proven to save lives in the battlefield from a wound to the arms or legs, which was once the most common cause of preventable death.
Now, after almost two years of research on a devi . . .
Saving the lives of combat wounded is one of the main objectives at the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Research on pre-hospital care devices like the tourniquet has proven to save lives in the battlefield from a wound to the arms or legs, which was once the most common cause of preventable death.
Now, after almost two years of research on a devi . . .