Trauma Innovations

UNITED STATES

03.13.2017

Video by Michael O'Toole 

U.S. Army Medical Command

Hemorrhage is responsible for 91.5 percent of potentially survivable battlefield deaths. From 2001to 2011, an estimated 24 percent of combat deaths occurred before patients reached a treatment facility; the major cause of death was blood loss. Battlefield trauma innovations like the occlusion balloon catheter and freeze-dried plasma will enhance the Joint Forces' current capabilities.

• Date Taken: 03.13.2017
• Date Posted: 03.13.2017 11:11
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 513805
• VIRIN: 170313-A-AB123-001
• Filename: DOD_104158129
• Length: 00:03:16
• Location: US