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I would have thought that getting blood into trauma patients in the field would be the main application for this? Once back in a hospital setting they could sw
by M2Ys4U 7y ago
I would have thought that getting blood into trauma patients in the field would be the main application for this?
Once back in a hospital setting they could switch to using real blood.
- Blakestr 7y agoParamedic here - two main areas of concern regarding blood in the prehospital/emergency setting - 1 - Volume - You need enough fluid in a closed system to maintain pressure to push that fluid. 2. Oxygen carrying capacity - Oxygen binds with red blood cells which then deliver it to every cell in your body. Right now the prehospital setting can more or less manage #1, we have been for a century with Normal Saline. There is some stuff circulating (pun intended) regarding fluids that can transport oxygen but it will be years before we can use it
- Mountain_Skies 7y agoDoes #1 mean that a person with high blood pressure is more able to survive blood loss than a person with standard blood pressure?
- ldoughty 7y agoNot a medic/doctor, but I would assume higher pressure would result in pushing blood out of your system faster. This probably offsets gains