Method of controlling uterine hemorrhage

A method of compressing a uterus to stem or stop hemorrhagic bleeding, comprising:

• providing a pair of rigid shells each comprising a proximal partially vertically concave base and a horizontally concave distal portion extending along a length of the shell from the base to an extremity, the distal portions of the shells sized to fit the uterus on placement of the shells in mirrored spaced opposition to one another in front of and behind the broad ligament supporting the uterus, the bases having a body sufficient relative to the distal portions to rigidly cantilever the distal portions, said shells each nesting an inflatable bladder shaped to fit within the shell, each nesting bladder having an inflation conduit accessible exteriorly of the shells, each shell and nesting bladder having lateral recesses adjacent the vertically concave base such that when the two shells and the nested bladders are placed in mirrored spaced opposition to one another in front and behind the broad ligament adjacent the uterus, the lateral recesses form unclosed lateral surrounds around the uterine horns and included anatomy, said shells having a releasable interlock comprising a latch only on the base of one shell and a latch catch only in the base of the other shell for releasably interlocking the opposed shells,
• placing the shells with the nested bladders in mirrored spaced opposition to one another in front of and behind the broad ligament supporting the uterus such that the uterine horns and included anatomy pass through the unclosed lateral surrounds,
• operating the interlock to latch the one shell to the latch catch of the other shell, said distal portions of the shells being rigidly cantilevered when the shells are latched, and
• inflating the bladders inside the latched rigidly cantilevered shells, thereby compressing the uterus anteriorly and posteriorly to stem or stop a uterine hemorrhage.