Blood Vessel Shunt May Save Limbs In War

The FDA has just approved for military use a shunt that allows partially-severed limbs to continue to get circulation. The FDA approved the device in a fast-track process lasting only a week. The article notes: "For most, it won't be a matter of saving a limb outright but rather salvaging the quality of a wounded leg or arm... The shunt may save injured limbs from amputation, since it can be implanted on the battlefield to maintain blood flow until a wounded soldier undergoes surgery, FDA officials said. Since the start of the Iraq war, more than 500 soldiers have lost limbs, many to injuries suffered in roadside bombings."

Comments

Re:Only 500?

[Eddi3]

The death toll definately is lower, but that doesn't mean that there aren't the same amount (proportionately) of people getting hit.

People who used to lose limbs generally died in the process. Now, they can survive when they lose the limb, rather then bleeding to death, or whatever, due to their injuries.

IANAD.

  -Eddie

Re:Even better

[nietsch]

And what was the violation of those resolution that was/is maiming US invasion troops? There was no legitimate reason to start this war (USian hawks like to ignore/distort that fact), and no UN resolution to declare war.
The US has all the nasty weapons that they accused Iraq from developing, violates human rights when they feel like it (guantanamo, reditions etc) and routinely kills their own citizens. If there is an axis of evil, is has the US at its center. There are hundres of civilized countries that can resolve their differences without resorting to violence. Why can't the US do that?