With no effective means to control or temporize junctional or truncal sources of hemorrhage in the battlefield, the death rate among US troops experiencing non-compressible hemorrage - where the traditional tournequet is almost entirely in effective - is high. This situation represents a serious gap in medical treatment capability that Armr Systems is addressing directly. The firm is working on development of hemorrhage control systems that, in situations where advanced medical support is unavailable, can be utilized withthe anticipated outcome being improved surviability rates among those withtraumatic battlefield injury.
