A Trial of Wound Irrigation in the Initial Management of Open Fracture Wounds FLOW Investigators, Bhandari M, Jeray KJ, et al N Engl J Med. 2015;373:2629-2641 ...

A new study in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine rates the water pressure of several improvised wound irrigation tools to see how they stack up against commercial devices Philadelphia, PA ...

Pressures of Wilderness Improvised Wound Irrigation Techniques: How Do They Compare? Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2016; 27 (4): 476 DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2016.09.002 ...

From left to right, devices tested included commercial 500-mL compressible plastic bottle with splash guard (splash guard), a 10-mL syringe, a 10-mL syringe with a 14-ga catheter( 10-mL syringe ...

Modified syringe uses miniature sponges to seal a gunshot wound in 15 seconds The XStat device is currently being vetted by the FDA, but its supporters hope it will replace gauze in treating life ...