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To: naturalman1975
Viewing war related injuries as workplace injury that can be mitigated by more rapid response time is not going to impact survivability and odds of favorable outcome as much as allowing the military to do what it is designed to do.

One can evac quicker and quicker, and if the wound is a bleed out or shock, yeah, can change the stats by stopping the bleeding, and treating for shock sooner. Does less for the head shots and vaporized ones.

We have the capability to descend on the enemy with a curtain of steel and lead a mile wide and a mile deep, that can be maintained across the entire frontier.

That is how survivability is enhanced, and casualties are minimized.

18 posted on 11/27/2014 3:46:46 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: going hot

No disrespect to the medicos. Witnessed their efforts first hand.Without them, many friends would not have survived.


19 posted on 11/27/2014 3:47:45 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: going hot
One can evac quicker and quicker, and if the wound is a bleed out or shock, yeah, can change the stats by stopping the bleeding, and treating for shock sooner.

That's the point - that's what this treatment shows promise in doing. One injection that reduces bleeding dramatically, but is far less likely to trigger a shock reaction from blood pressure drop, and also lowers the body's oxygen consumption so less blood can do more.

And simple enough to be used by a medic in seconds. It may even reach the stage that it can be applied by any soldier in the same way as an emergency field dressing, without even needing a medics training.

I don't disagree that tactics reducing injuries happening in the first place is a good idea - I know first hand what it is like to have rules of engagement that don't properly match reality. But that's a separate issue.

22 posted on 11/27/2014 4:09:34 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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