Stopping bleeding saves lives on the battlefield (IMAGE)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Stopping bleeding saves lives on the battlefield

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The research team finds that visco-liquid hemostatic agents could be an alternative treatment to compression. The liquid characteristic provides for deep penetration into a wound channel, and the immediate suppression of fluid loss.

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