Carolyn Stein – Naperville Sun (Naperville, Ill.)
The Naperville Fire Department has added a new emergency medical device to its toolbox — one used to treat injuries and save lives in military settings.
A SAM junctional tourniquet, which controls hemorrhages in places like the groin and armpit, is now available to emergency crews to stop severe bleeding and to act as a binder for fractures in the pelvic area…