by Bruce Brown | April 4, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
Hemorrhaging remains the greatest cause of death in otherwise survivable battlefield injuries. In a 2011 study of deaths after casualties reached a medical treatment facility from October 2001 to June 2009, the United States Army Institute of Surgical Research found...
by Bruce Brown | January 19, 2017 | General News, Medical
When hearts begin to fail, cardiologists often give the hearts a chance to keep working with ventricular assist devices. Threats of blood clots and infections persist because current devices have direct contact with blood, requiring that patients take anticoagulants...
by Bruce Brown | March 17, 2016 | General News, Medical
According to Core Scientific Creations (CSC), the U.S. Department of Defense has stated that 84% of deaths from battle wounds (DOW) happen because of bleeding, of which 67% were in areas of the body where neither compression nor tourniquets could be applied. CSC...