Cybertech MAT Used to Save Lives at Virginia Tech Massacre

Cybertech MAT applied by rescue teams to save Kevin Sterne's life and leg

Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:26 PM GMT-05:00
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Cybertech MAT Used to Save Lives at Virginia Tech Massacre

Cybertech MAT applied by rescue teams to save Kevin Sterne's life and leg




Cybertech's MAT in action
AP Photo/The Roanoke Times, Alan Kim
When the rescue teams arrived, they rapidly replaced the impromptu tourniquet with the Cybertech MAT (shown in photo).


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