I think its one of the greatest advances in modern medicine and will prove to be a real life saver, all that said in spite of only reading about it once in Stars and Stripes (or was it Military dot com?) Anywho, another one I heard/read about is the Israeli version of the "compress" bandage the old US version required a fair amount of dexterity (2 hands usually) and could be used as a bandage or pressure bandage. The Israeli version apparently has some method of letting it be used as a quick and fast tourniquet that doesn't require the old stick and twist method.
The training of soldiers has increased in the last 15 years as well with many if not most of them being combat life saver qualified. This includes learning how to start IVs and using blood expanders and other techniques that are more advanced than what you'll get from the average RC first aid class.
One thing that I did come across being trained on by the ARC is an automated defilibrator. Instead of being this huge suitcase sized thing or being restricted to hospitals its fairly small, about 18" square by 4" high, it will monitor the patient, determine if it can be used to help him and tell the user what steps to take to implement it....cost currently about US $2500. Found in Highway Patrol cars, various factories etc.
Tim
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Ever since my CT days, I wondered when we'd start seeing some hint here in reality of Traveller's medkit. I believe that "QuikClot" is it.Perhaps the Afghanistan and Iraq vets on this list have heard of its use.Disclaimer: I do not work for the company or their partners, nor do I have any money invested in them.\_/DED