[joesnuffy]

Bleeding is not as much a life threatening issue with explosions as are chest wounds and
collapsed lungs..
Better to get some extra training and experience for combat medics....much more....
I was lucky and got a lot of experinence in a busy emergency room with lots of hands on before being assigned to an inf platoon ..most of my collegues werent so fortunate..

[Thorondir]

Don't worry about the training, my friend. My son, Matthew, is in special forces medic school right now. He gets his green beret in August. It is absoloutely amazing the the year of intense training these guys get. I would rather have one of them nearby, in case of severe trauma, than a regular MD. Our guys can make it happen when it needs to happen. BTW: He told me about these new clotting factors quite some time ago.

God bless our armed forces and our great nation!

[BagCamAddict]

Man man man... I watched BlackHawk Down a couple weeks ago just after the war started. I went to bed that night thinking about the Ranger who bled to death... instantly I "invented" a field treatment to stop bleeding. I was quite excited to talk to someone about trying it out.

A few days after that, I saw a national Medical Reporter talking about new innovations for treating wounds on the battlefield. One of them was my invention, and it is this stuff!!!!! Can you believe that?? I invented this in 5 minutes one night... but I invented it about a year too late. :-(