Recently, a US soldier was hit in the femoral artery and veins, leaving a deep wound. After 7 hours of surgery could not stop bleeding, the doctor first introduced XStat, a hemostatic artifact, to stop the wounded in 15 seconds and win the follow-up rescue time. When the development was announced in 2014, the rapid hemostatic device XStat was known as the “hemostasis artifactâ€. In the same year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved XStat for the battlefield. But until recently, XStat was first applied, and it also made people see its clinical role and future treatment prospects. According to reports, in a recent first application, a US soldier was hit in the femoral artery and veins on a battlefield in an undisclosed position of the US military, leaving a deep wound. The doctor performed a 7-hour operation for the wounded and still failed to stop bleeding. The doctor then introduced the use of XStat to quickly stop the wounded, stabilize the injury, and then transfer it to the medical institution for follow-up key treatment. "XStat's first application in the human body is the result of great efforts and sincere cooperation between RevMedx (the manufacturer of XStat) and the US military," said Bartovsky, head of RevMedx.  Close the wound within 20 seconds XStat is a research and development achievement of RevMedx in the United States, which was sponsored by the US military for $5 million. For military doctors, life on the battlefield is calculated with blood. XStat's goal is to stop bleeding quickly and save lives. The standard way to treat wounds is to use gauze wrap and then apply pressure directly, which takes a long time, which is why blood flow is responsible for the death of almost 50% of the wounded soldiers in the battlefield. XStat is a brand new fast hemostasis device. It resembles a syringe, but it is not a potion, but a specially treated mini-pigment. At the time of use, the doctor injects dozens of pill-shaped micro-cotton into the wound, and the cotton wool is treated with chitosan. Chitosan is able to condense blood and fight infection. Within a few seconds, the cotton wool can expand 10 times, closing the wound and stopping bleeding. In general, XStat can close the wound within 20 seconds and stay in the body for 4 hours, which is a good way to keep the wound stable so that subsequent treatment is a great help. In addition, XStat is especially suitable for wounds in the axilla or groin because these areas cannot be treated with a tourniquet or manual compression. "3 to 5 minutes means the gap between life and death. With XStat, you can stop bleeding immediately," said RevMedx, director of strategic development and former special forces military doctor Sternbach. Each cotton pad is 9.8 mm wide and 4 to 5 mm high and can absorb 3 ml of blood or body fluids. There are 92 sponge pieces in each tube of syringe, which can absorb about 300 ml of blood. How many cotton pads you need to use at a time depends on the area and depth of the wound. Each cotton pad also carries an "X" mark that can be seen under X-rays to help the doctor find and remove the cotton wool and then suture the wound.  Civilian meaning is as big Last December, the US Food and Drug Administration approved XStat for civilian use, which means that XStat can be equipped with ambulances in US hospitals, and medical staff can quickly stop bleeding for those who are bleeding. In the United States, where the number of guns is frequent, this is also a boon for the people. Although XStat has not been reported for civilian rescue so far, XStat's application prospects in civil medical treatment are also broad. "We are pleased to see the important role that XStat syringes play in saving lives and hope that XStat will become the standard ambulance for pre-hospital treatment for critically ill patients," RevMedx said.  |