A new device, approved by the TCCC, is available for bleeding control in places where a tourniquet won’t work. The iTClamp works by securing the edges of the wound and trapping blood, causing a hematoma, the resultant pressure from which helps stem the bleeding. Pretty ingenious. Read more about it a Doom and Bloom.
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