Together with American researchers and Linköping University, the Centre for Teaching and Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology has simulated an explosion inside a shopping centre. One of the study's clearest conclusions is that equipment to stop bleeding should not be placed at entrances.
"In the event of an attack or damage, many people want to evacuate the premises, so it's easy to get to the equipment if it's at the entrance. But when you have to go back to the person who needs the equipment, you need to go against the current, then the response time is longer," says Carl-Oscar Jonson, head of research at the Centre for Teaching and Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology.
More people need to be trained
It is hoped that special equipment to stop life-threatening bleeding will be available in public places, such as stadiums and shopping malls. But more people also need to be trained to be able to handle the equipment.
"With the social development we have, with increased acts of violence, that we need to prepare for, in the worst case, a war, then this knowledge is needed in society. But the knowledge is also needed in everyday life. It is not uncommon for people to die as a result of life-threatening bleeding in accidents," says Carl-Oscar Jonson.
See how the equipment works and hear how to use it in the clip.