Application of chain-based sponge dressing for gunshot wounds in the groin

With the application of limb tourniquet, junctional hemorrhage has outstripped extremity hemorrhage as the leading cause of death during recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. We used a gunshot wound femoral artery bleeding model to verify the effect of chain-based sponge dressing (CSD).

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Weijin Yang, Junchuan Song, Yuewen Zhu, Zhi Ye, Mingwei Wang, Yongchao Fang, Weihang Wu, Dongsheng Chen, Yu Wang Source Type: research