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Trousers Can Save Your Life Emergency aid device gains use
A UPI report notes Medical Anti Shock Trousers or MAST are used by emergency medical teams to stabilize bleeding and shock by circulating a patient’s blood from legs and abdomen to the heart and brain. Developed by the US Army, they have seen civilian adoption in places like Miami and were used in Vietnam era field hospitals. The device tightens via a pump and air bladder, allowing X rays and procedures to continue.
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Culver City
UPI
Robert Fitzgerald
David M. Brotman Memorial Hospital
U.S. Army
Fitzgerald
Miami