Cybertech MAT Used to Save Lives at Virginia Tech Massacre
According to medical personnel on the scene, the tourniquets most likely saved Kevin Sterne's life.
Mr. Sterne suffered what could have been a fatal wound to his femoral artery in the mass shootings on Monday at Virginia Tech. With his Eagle Scout training, he had fashioned a makeshift tourniquet from electrical cord to stop the bleeding, and when the rescue teams arrived, they rapidly replaced the impromptu tourniquet with the Cybertech MAT. According to medical personnel on the scene, the tourniquets most likely saved Mr. Sterne's life.
The Cybertech MAT tourniquet is a uniquely safe and effective design that was developed for the DoD in response to battlefield (and civilian) injuries being sustained in the war on terror. The MAT is easily applied by one-hand and provides life and limb-saving incremental compression in seconds. From its successful military application, the MAT has been adapted by Emergency First Responders and law-enforcement agencies alike for such events as the tragic one of last Monday at Virginia Tech.
The MAT's design has led to its being awarded the IDSA's Gold Award for Best Medical Product Design of 2006 and has subsequently become a finalist in the highly prestigious INDEX Award 2007 for best medical product in the world for the last two years.
All 2005 and 2006 military medical tourniquet tests have verified the Cybertech MAT providing the fastest application, most successful occlusion, and easiest use of all tourniquets tested. Additionally, the MAT has been repeatedly selected as the most user-preferred tourniquet by military test personnel.
This superior evaluation has also been shared by Homeland Security, Federal Marshals, Border Patrol, ATF, and those who protect the highest governmental officials. The MAT has been selected by all of these organizations as standard equipment in their kits.
