VIDEO: The Cobb County Fire Department was honored on Monday as the first agency in the country to use a new treatment designed to stop bleeding in seconds. The metro Atlanta agency was one of six across the country selected to participate in a clinical trial of Traumagel. In the world of emergency medicine, seconds matter and Cobb County says a product called โTraumaGelโ is a gamechanger that is saving lives in the community. Cobb County says half of the countyโs fire stations now have a new tool in their fight to keep patients alive in emergencies. TraumaGel is designed to control moderate to severe bleeding. When applied to a wound, it rapidly forms a seal to keep blood in. Firefighters say it is quicker than trying to use fingers, gauze and other medical supplies. TraumaGel has FDA clearance and Cobb County has been using it since April. Since then, the agency says it has used it 17 times, saving the lives of 16 people; those victims had injuries ranging from head lacerations while on blood thinners, to gunshot wounds and stabbings.
