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The FDA just cleared a new device that stops bleeding from gunshot wounds in seconds fastcompany.com/91173438/traum

Moto :rainbowinfinity:

@WarnerCrocker Wonderful that this battlefield-proven technology is finally available in the civilian sector.

Tragic that the (American, particularly) civilian sector has such a great need for military-grade wound care.

CORRECTION: should’ve read the article first. This is a *new* hemostatic wound-stuffing, mostly tested in veterinary contexts - the version I was thinking of, battlefield-tested, is an older fiber-based technology.