FDA approves civilian use of XSTAT, a special dressing that can plug gunshot wounds in only 15 seconds
Gun violence is quickly becoming one of the major killers in the United States, with more than 33,000 people dying every year as a result of ballistic trauma. Of them, nearly 20,000 commit suicide, while the remaining 11,000 cases are homicides. In 2015 alone, there have been as many as 462 mass shootings in the…