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First Aid Advance for Serious Trauma

Researchers are reporting a new sprayable foam that can stop major internal or external bleeding without needing to compress the wound, a first-aid advance desperately needed by first responders and trauma surgeons. 

Whether a person suffers a major injury in an auto accident or on the battlefield, one of the leading causes of death is blood loss. The National Trauma Institute says hemorrhage leads to 35 percent of all deaths that occur before an injured patient gets to a hospital. It is responsible for 40 percent of all trauma-related deaths in the first 24 hours. 

Now bioengineers and scientists at the University of Maryland, College Park and Massachusetts General Hospital say they have created a polymer-based foam that causes blood cells to clump together. Learn more below.

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If we can create safe temporary biological fillers that interact with hemoglobin and platelets, we can increase the rate of survival for trauma victims by minimizing bleeding before entering the hospital.

This is amazing!

BIO FOAM

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(Source: txchnologist, via garnetfox)