Joseph Bentley, a final year product design and technology student at Loughborough University, developed REACT, currently at the prototype stage. The device targets wound areas that are normally hard ...

Knowing how to control bleeding quickly and effectively—and having the right equipment on hand—saves lives in the case of a traumatic accident. There are several effective ways to control bleeding in ...

A university student has designed a device that can rapidly stop catastrophic blood loss from stab wounds. The device uses pressure to prevent bleeding, targeting areas that are usually difficult to ...

Knowing your ABCs can save the life of a gunshot, car-crash or stabbing victim. Those are the lifesaving tips a small gathering of residents and youth learned around a picnic table in Sherman Park as ...

These experts believe interactive training on how to respond before, during and after a traumatic event can be lifesaving.

Nurses must be able to assess tissue condition, wound size, and signs of infection, and choose and apply various dressings, while also managing pain and preventing complications. Gain these skills and ...

I am going to be frank with you. When it comes to packing an abscess, I absolutely hate it. There is something so barbaric to the idea of shoving a foreign object into someone and telling them to come ...

Contact layer dressings are single layer, either woven or nonwoven materials designed to protect fragile tissue in the wound bed. They can be perforated or permeable, allowing exudates to pass through ...

A university student has designed a potentially life-saving device that first responders can use to rapidly stop catastrophic blood loss from knife wounds. Joseph Bentley, a final year product design ...

Joseph Bentley said the device could stop bleeding from a wound within 30 seconds A student has designed a potentially life-saving device that can be used to rapidly stop bleeding from stab wounds.