{"id":3441,"date":"2022-08-01T14:48:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2022-08-01T14:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:49:01","slug":"23-year-old-develops-a-potentially-life-saving-device-for-knife-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/23-year-old-develops-a-potentially-life-saving-device-for-knife-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"23 Year old develops a potentially life-saving device for knife wounds."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Colchester student, Joseph Bentley, 23, has been awarded the 1851 Enterprise Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering as he develops a potentially life-saving device for knife wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His React device, which stands for <em>Rapid Emergency Actuating Tamponade<\/em>, aims to help police treat knife wounds while waiting for medical assistance to arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stab victims can bleed to death in just five minutes, so the priority for emergency personnel is to stop excessive blood loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Bentley, who studied at Colchester Royal Grammar School, said wound management techniques, such as tightly packing with gauze, can be slow, technical, and painful for the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He claims his prototype could potentially be in place and stop haemorrhage in under a minute, and estimates it could save hundreds of lives a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Bentley, who is from Witham,\u00a0was inspired after\u00a0two of his friends were victims of knife related incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Bentley has won his fellowship after undergoing a rigorous application process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission comes with \u00a350,000 of equity-free funding, which Mr Bentley will use to continue the development and testing of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mr. bentley: <em>\u201cIt is a great honour to be selected for this prestigious programme of training and mentorship by the Royal Academy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThis Enterprise Fellowship will accelerate our plans for product development and testing, allowing us to get our device into the hands of first responders as soon as possible.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazette-news.co.uk\/news\/19536793.colchester-student-wins-dyson-award-knife-wound-device\/\">Mr. Bentley founded ACT Medical while a member of Loughborough University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the first-ever winner of the International Medical James Dyson Award in 2021 and receiving \u00a330,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: gazettenews.co.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#EduSAVINGS #EduLOANS #EduSURE #INTERNSHIP #SCHOLARSHIP #EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE #ENTERPRENUERSHIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colchester student, Joseph Bentley, 23, has been awarded the 1851 Enterprise Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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