‘Smart’ bandages monitor wounds and provide targeted treatment

Newswise imageMost of the time, when someone gets a cut, scrape, burn, or other wound, the body takes care of itself and heals on its own. But this is not always the case. Diabetes can interfere with the healing process and create wounds that will not go away and that could become infected and fester.
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Rapid, temperature-sensitive hemorrhage control for traumatic wounds

Newswise imageAs outlined in their recent publication in Biomaterials Science, researchers from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, (TIBI), have developed an injectable, temperature sensitive, shear-thinning hydrogel (T-STH) hemostat that works rapidly at body temperature to stop bleeding from a wound.
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Shooting during brawl in downtown Orlando wounds seven

A person began shooting a handgun into a crowd during a large brawl.
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Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet composition and implications for MRI safety

Newswise imageAccording to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), because patients with ballistic embedded fragments are frequently denied MRI (due to indeterminate bullet composition sans shell casings), radiography and CT can be used to identify nonferromagnetic projectiles that are safe for MRI.
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