DARPA Fills Bodies With Foam to Save Live

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A foam-based technology has been developed which is designed to fill in the spaces in an injured victim’s abdominal cavity, creating pressure in the voids, and substantially reducing blood loss from internal bleeding. In fact, early tests have shown a six-fold reduction in blood loss, and a dramatic increase in 3-hour survival rates from 8 percent to 72 percent. The foam was developed for DARPA’s Wound Stasis program by Arsenal Medical.
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http://technabob.com/blog/2012/12/10/darpa-wound-stasis-foam/

Wsh I could find a better source or a study on this.
 
looks like a great idea.

More info on it would be good though.
 
yea, not much at all, but it looks like it could be promising.
 
DARPA has some absolutely amazing research and innovation underway.

I'm more interested in the research that they ARE NOT advertising or publishing. There are some projects they have refined that won't be released to the civilian sector for 20 years.
 
REmember, DARPA invented the Internet (not Dan Quayle).
 
That stuff does look really promising! If it works as advertised, it really could revolutionize survival rates for those with abdominal injuries. I wonder if it could be used to slow down AAA bleeds to the point where it would allow the patient to get to a surgeon for a proper repair...

Oh, and this is post 2,000.
 
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Halo had this.

I think it's a great idea.
 
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