A 17-year-old invented an ingenious way to instantly stop bleeding

[John Connor]

http://www.aol.com/article/2015/06/...op-bleedi/21199542/?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00001357

Imagine this: You're gushing blood. Nothing seems to make it stop. Then you apply a gel to your wound, and within seconds, the bleeding stops. In minutes, you're healed.
This is the premise of VetiGel, an algae-based polymer created by Joe Landolina -- a 22 year-old who invented the product when he was just 17.
Landolina is now the co-founder and CEO of Suneris, a biotech company that manufactures the gel. Last week, Suneris announced that it will begin shipping VetiGel to veterinarians later this summer. Humans won't be far behind.

Looks promising. Sounds Predator-like.

 

[balloonshark]

They're going to begin shipping humans to vets?

This or a similar product should standard in first aid kits. I'm on Coumadin and I would love to keep this around the house and have it in a car. My blood is thinned 1 1/2 times thinner than normal people so that means I'm 1 1/2 times likelier to bleed out when severely cut.

 

[KB]

How soon until "big band-aid" shuts them down?

I wish I was that smart at 17 years old. Looks like something everyone should have around the house.

 

[jlee]

So like gel-ified quikclot on steroids. Interesting.

 

[IronWing]

They're going to begin shipping humans to vets?

This or a similar product should standard in first aid kits. I'm on Coumadin and I would love to keep this around the house and have it in a car. My blood is thinned 1 1/2 times thinner than normal people so that means I'm 1 1/2 times likelier to bleed out when severely cut.

You could make a killing on youtube.

 

[disappoint]

So like gel-ified quikclot on steroids. Interesting.

They're going to begin shipping humans to vets?

This or a similar product should standard in first aid kits. I'm on Coumadin and I would love to keep this around the house and have it in a car. My blood is thinned 1 1/2 times thinner than normal people so that means I'm 1 1/2 times likelier to bleed out when severely cut.

You have Quikclot? That stuff in the OP is for your pets. Quikclot is for humans.

 

[DrPizza]

...that stuff in the OP is for your pets.

And, we have piles of clotting agent here. It's not really that novel of a product, except that it's made from seaweed, though I don't know or care the origin of my other clotting stuff, so can't say that it's not derived from algae. When I cut hooves, it's right next to me. Goats bleed like a stuck pig when you clip just a tiny bit too far into their hooves.