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We work closely together with authorities, non-profit organizations and civil volunteers in creating a testbed where various technologies, methods and ways of organizing rescue operations are tested and evaluated.

Where should bleeding control equipment be located to save as many lives as possible? Researchers have found the answer to this through computer simulations of a bomb exploding in a shopping centre.

Researchers have studied whether laypeople realise the severity of the situation when someone in their proximity begins to bleed. The results show a discrepancy related to the victim’s gender: for a woman losing blood, blood loss were underestimated.