"Neural tourniquet" zaps a nerve to stop bleeding [News]

A "neural tourniquet" doesn't sound like a thing that should work. Even its inventors admit it. "It's a real leap of faith: 'I know, we'll stimulate a nerve to control bleeding,'" says Chris Czura, a vice president of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, near New York City. "When you say this to surgeons, they look at you funny." But in the Feinstein team's 15 years of research, it has gathered ample evidence for this type of bioelectronic medicine, with studies that show neural stimulation can prevent or stop severe hemorrhages in lab animals. Now the researchers are launching a clinical trial in humans to show the world that their strange idea doesn't just work-it can save lives.