New invention seals gunshot wound in 15sec

[PeaShooter]

How A Simple New Invention Seals A Gunshot Wound In 15 Seconds | Popular Science

 

[Hopper]

Sponges. Why not? This actually makes a lot of sense, and could slow down hemorrhaging long enough to make a difference. Clever idea, I think.

 

[Miketodd]

That's incredible. I wonder what the shelf life is and if it will be available to the civilian market. I bet the smaller one would also work on stab wounds.

 

[mrjarrell]

Sounds like a winner. Hope it works out.

 

[Rocket]

Very cool thanks for the post. I think it is brilliant. For our good guys. And as a gun owner I would like to have one available to me. "He who carries a gun must be prepared to be shot by one" I do not remember who said that.

 

[whitetailbowhunter]

sounds interesting and very simple. "why didn't I think of that!"

 

[irishanimal917]

Those are amazing. I can't wait to see them in use in the military and in the civilian fire and ems side too, hopefully very soon.

 

[BogWalker]

That's fantastic! I do hope these become available on the civilian market. I don't see any reason why they wouldn't though.

 

[Dead Duck]

Huh -
It stops up holes...................I'd like to shove that down my X-wife's throat.

 

[TheDude]

Wouldn't a tampon basically do the same?

 

[scootn103]

Wouldn't a tampon basically do the same?

Got a good laugh out of that ! You would know where the wound is by the string dangling out .

When I read that article , my impression is wow . Hopefully there will be civilian sales of this product .

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Wouldn't a tampon basically do the same?

I wanna say there's a company called Cellox that already has a tampon / syringe type applicator with their own chitosan product.

 

[wolfman]

Wouldn't a tampon basically do the same?

Got a good laugh out of that ! You would know where the wound is by the string dangling out .

When I read that article , my impression is wow . Hopefully there will be civilian sales of this product .

An industrial first aid trainer told me years ago that tampons were great to use as packing in a large flesh wound, and I keep a box of both the slim and super in the medicine cabinet. He cautioned against using them in a chest or abdomen wound since they would only plug the hole, and not necessarily stop the bleeding in a large cavity, but for something like a stab wound to an arm or leg, they work great. The old belted maxi pads also make a great compress pad, and can be tied tightly over a wound if necessary.

 

[GunSlinger]

Huh -
It stops up holes...................I'd like to shove that down my X-wife's throat.

Did you just weaponize a life saving device?

 

[K_W]

Army Combat Medic veteran co-worker/friend told me once they all carried tampons and had used them successfully.

 

[metaldog]

OB tampons work great for a nose bleed in the field. We were issued them in the Army (late 80's-early 90,s).

 

[Pin]

That is awesome.

 

[GONZO!!!]

I carry 6 tampons in my BOB...they weigh absolutely nothing...sterile enough for SHTF ditch medicine and do a great job...as a former medic and EMT, what I don't care for with this new invention is there are too many of these small coins of gauze...it will be headache for the E.R. Doc or surgeon to account for them all. Tampons would be much easier, less expensive and just as effective.

In all seriousness....you could insert antampon into a knife wound for example...cover it with a maxi-pad and wrap an old style army bandage around it....it is very effective...

 

[tonyb71]

Very cool. Hopefully the FDA approves this quickly.

 

[223 Gunner]

I carry 6 tampons in my BOB...they weigh absolutely nothing...sterile enough for SHTF ditch medicine and do a great job...as a former medic and EMT, what I don't care for with this new invention is there are too many of these small coins of gauze...it will be headache for the E.R. Doc or surgeon to account for them all. Tampons would be much easier, less expensive and just as effective.

In all seriousness....you could insert antampon into a knife wound for example...cover it with a maxi-pad and wrap an old style army bandage around it....it is very effective...

That's good to know.