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Ten Minutes to Save a Life

Hayley Letson • TEDxJCUCairns

How does a beer at a pub lead to a medical breakthrough that could buy first responders ten minutes to save a life? Working with the US Military, Australian researchers are developing a new pharmacological tourniquet, ALM, which stops bleeding and could save lives in the first critical ten minutes after injury for soldiers and civilians

How does a beer at a pub lead to a medical breakthrough that could buy first responders ten minutes to save a life? Working with the US Military, Australian researchers are developing a new pharmacological tourniquet, ALM, which stops bleeding and could save lives in the first critical ten minutes after injury for soldiers and civilians

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