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Vampire
Free Worlds League
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 Posted: 21-Feb-2003 07:14 Post subject: Wars do some good things, too |
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February 7, 2003: The fighting in Afghanistan saw several American soldiers bleed to death because they were badly hit, unable to be evacuated because of enemy fire, and the medics didn't have anything that could stop, or slow down, the bleeding. A new bandage, containing a clotting agent, is being put into service after years of development. Genetic engineering has allowed the production of the two proteins (the protein-cutting protein called thrombin and a common blood serum protein called fibrinogen) used to form clots and scabbing when you are cut This new bandage has a synthetic mesh containing the two proteins in a freeze-dried state. The proteins are activated when exposed to blood from a bleeding wound. A scab begins to form in seconds. Applying one of these special bandages will stop most bleeding in two minutes. In every war America has been in there were combat situations where this new bandage would have saved lives. The constant introduction of new medicines and emergency medical procedures have dramatically lowered the death rate of U.S. troops in combat. During World War II, antibiotics and blood transfusions made an enormous difference. Since then, hundreds of smaller, but still significant medical advances have also made a difference. The new clotting bandage has been in development since the mid-1990s.
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When this reaches the civilian market it can contribute to save people in accidents and car crashes.
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Sir Henry
Team Bansai
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| Posted: 21-Feb-2003 07:31 Post subject: RE: Wars do some good things, too |
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Amazing, is it not????
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Nightmare
Lyran Alliance
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| Posted: 21-Feb-2003 07:37 Post subject: RE: Wars do some good things, too |
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Interesting stuff. It will probably serve to save a lot of innocent people.
I`m just not sure the beneficial inventions spawned from war are enough to outweigh the nasty ones. The same soldiers who are saved by advanced medical technology get more destructive toys to use for every year. And as anyone who ever Alpha-striked with a mech knows, if you`ve got a big gun you`ll find an excuse to fire it.
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Ares
Clan Jade Falcon
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| Posted: 21-Feb-2003 13:16 Post subject: RE: Wars do some good things, too |
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I thought those things have been in service for a couple of years....weird. Anyways, even though it limits bleeding, isn't putting a scab over the bullet/piece of shrapnel bad because it's gonna make removing the thing in the field that much harder? Someone fill me in.
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Alexander
Heavy Horse Merc Brigade
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| Posted: 21-Feb-2003 14:19 Post subject: RE: Wars do some good things, too |
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Basically, it's good to stabilize a casulaty in the field, until he or she can reach a medical station where the bandage can be properly removed for further treatment. This just means that people won't bleed out on the field or in an ambulance as often anymore
Alexander
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