Robotically applied hemostatic clamping for care-under-fire: harnessing bomb robots for hemorrhage control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Early hemorrhage control after interpersonal violence is the most urgent requirement to preserve life and is now recognized as a responsibility of law enforcement. Although earlier entry of first responders is advocated, many shooting scenes remain unsafe for humans, necessitating first responses conducted by robots. Thus, robotic hemorrhage control warrants study as a care-under-fire treatment option.

Methods

Two bomb disposal robots (Wolverine and Dragon Runner) were retrofitted with hemostatic wound clamps. The robots' ability to apply a wound clamp to a simulated extremity exsanguination while controlled by 4 experienced operators was tested. The operators were randomly assigned to perform 10 trials using 1 robot each. A third surveillance robot (Stair Climber

SUBMITTER: Kirkpatrick AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8979653 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature