Tel Aviv, Sept. 15 -- Israeli scientists on Sunday unveiled a new autoinjector that could drastically reduce deaths from severe bleeding by delivering lifesaving treatment in under five minutes -- transforming emergency care on battlefields, at roadside accidents, and in disaster zones.

In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Injury, researchers led by Prof. Arik Eisenkraft and Prof. David Gertz of the Institute for Research in Military Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with the Israel Defence Forces Medical Corps, demonstrated that the autoinjector delivers Tranexamic Acid (TXA) as effectively as traditional intravenous (IV) methods.

TXA is known to stabilise blood clots and reduce blood loss, s...