If there are ever any benefits that come from war, specifically protracted ground combat, it would be the advances in trauma medicine and equipment narrowly focused on life-saving interventions. On the equipment side, the acceptance of tourniquets has been the biggest. Following their acceptance, their widespread adoption and use with the military, law enforcement, fire/EMS services, and the medical community has been very significant. There have been countless lives saved because of tourniquets and, sadly, [...]