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A 17-year-old invented an ingenious way to instantly stop bleeding
- briandear 11y agoI would be interested to know what the infection potential would be; if it seals the wound, would that potentially seal in any infectious agents? Presumably you'd irrigate prior to usage, but it's still an interesting question. Also, would the algae involved act similar to an agar, thus providing more opportunity for infection. I wonder if the gel could be treated with an antibacterial agent.. Interesting invention!
- toomuchtodo 11y ago> I wonder if the gel could be treated with an antibacterial agent This is probably your best case unless there's a method to dispense antibiotics intravenously or orally as a prophylactic in parallel. You'd need to ensure whatever the gel is treated with couldn't cause allergic reactions; allergies to amoxicillin and sulfa family antibiotics are not insignificant in the human population.
- maxerickson 11y agoNeosporin is a typical topical antibiotic gel. People are allergic to (various ingredients of) it. In situations where blood loss is significant, I think infection is a back burner concern, probably to the extent you worry about it later.
- msie 11y agoI read in the comments that something similar to this has already been invented.
- Toast_ 11y agoQuikclot?
- personjerry 11y ago> FDA approval pending It feels like to me that this is always the hardest part, so there's really not much to see here until that passes. > Autoplay video Fuck off, Yahoo