Name: Jeff Kirkham Patent No.: 9,168,044 Patent: Multi-Use Cleat: An easy-to-use tourniquet that stops blood flow with elasticity, like a rubber band wrapped repeatedly around a finger. I was Special ...

If you ever found yourself in an emergency where someone was bleeding uncontrollably, would you know what to do? Understanding when and how to use a tourniquet could mean the difference between life ...

Applying a tourniquet can help slow or limit excessive bleeding in an emergency. It typically involves wrapping material around the source of bleeding and applying pressure to stop or slow bleeding.

FORT DETRICK, MD -- Makers of the Combat Application Tourniquet™ have updated the design of the widely used tourniquet. The update has resulted in two different versions of the tourniquet currently in ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. (March 1, 2016) -- The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), a subordinate command within the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC), is fielding a new ...

After binging on episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, many fans of the show think they can successfully duplicate the medical procedures that the doctors perform on the show. For one Maine teenager, that came ...

Insurgents are commonly taught to aim just below a soldier's body armor, which is where the abdominal area meets the legs. When a bullet hits this area it causes massive internal bleeding which often ...

INDIANAPOLIS — On Tuesday, an IMPD officer was shot near 16th Street and Lafayette Road during a traffic stop, but what helped him wasn't just backup, it was the life-saving tool he kept in his pocket ...

Writing about a police officer being shot on the job always has been difficult for me. My father was an officer and I have friends and acquaintances on many forces now. I can only imagine the ...