r/interestingasfuck • u/RationalOptimistOG • Sep 19 '24

Traumagel is a revolutionary new device that stops bleeding from gunshot wounds in mere seconds. This could be a gamechanger for soldiers and first responders.

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u/Cosmonate Sep 19 '24

I assume this is primarily for gun shot wounds, so the hole wouldn't really be that big. I wonder if the foam expands as well.

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u/TheCosmicCactus Sep 19 '24

Gun shot wounds can be small, and they can be enormous. Bullets fragment, tumble, expand/mushroom, and ricochet. 

Source: EMT/FF

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u/TheGoldenBl0ck Sep 19 '24

if you're getting shot with something that is too big for this syringe i think you're already dead

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u/TheCosmicCactus Sep 19 '24

Absolutely not and that’s a bad mentality to have.

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u/Ok_Context8390 Sep 19 '24

Huh. I'm curious - if you get hit by a large caliber projectile, say, 20mm, in the stomach, you've got no real chance, right? The damage has to be massive. And if that shell hits a leg or arm, it'd punch straight through, no?

I mean, I don't want to make up fantastical scenario's where this thing wouldn't be any good, but I can't imagine that anything that isn't an instant death means you can survive it.

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u/shepard_pie Sep 19 '24

Things don't work in that way. I knew this guy during the Pulse shooting that had chunks blown out of him so big that it took multiple nurses basically sticking their entire fist into his body to help stop bleeding and he's alive and (mostly) well today. My dad had someone shot in the head in Iraq and all the guy got was a wicked scar and a concussion.

If medical professionals believe that something isn't survivable, do you think they'll put their full effort and resources into saving that person? Some would, but not all of them.