JETT Tourniquet in Action

June 20, 2013 – Last week, the JETT was used for the first time to save the life of a Houston civilian. CeTIR investigators Drs. John Holcomb and Keith Gates developed the Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool, also known as the JETT, to serve as a junctional hemorrhage control device for wounds too proximal for traditional tourniquet use. This novel device is light-weight, portable and can be used to treat pelvic and lower extremity injuries sustained not only on the battlefield, but in the civilian environment as well. The JETT is already in use in Afghanistan. Life Flight paramedics used the device for the first time last week to save the life of a Houston man who sustained an injury from a circular saw to one of his large arteries. To learn more about the JETT check out the video below from North American Rescue and the featured article in the Houston Chronicle.