Healing Wounds on the Battlefield

Not gauze, not "more pressure". Instead a bio-synthetic spray

Wounds and cuts. Cuts and wounds. I guess a wound is, indeed, a form of cut, but there is a difference. A cut stings; a cut is treated with Neosporin and a Band-Aid—maybe two if it’s deep. But a wound? A wound impairs. You can bleed out from a wound. Wounds are treated in hospitals because the stakes are too high for mere ointment. Historically, wounds merited red-hot metals to close; they are the grim results of motorcycle crashes, warehouse disasters, or the chaos of combat.

But now, we have an immediate treatment for wounds that sounds like something from a futuristic movie: a spray that seals and heals. It is overdue, it is welcome, and it represents a massive leap in how we survive trauma.