Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type, researchers say

Re:Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type... by M2Ys4U on Monday October 07, 2019 @11:45AM (#21182222)

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.

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Re:Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type... by Blakestr on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:13PM (#21184124)

Paramedic 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

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Re:Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type... by Mountain_Skies on Monday October 07, 2019 @09:40PM (#21187863)

Does #1 mean that a person with high blood pressure is more able to survive blood loss than a person with standard blood pressure?

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Re:Artificial blood developed for patients of any blood type... by ldoughty on Monday October 07, 2019 @10:58PM (#21188246)

Not a medic/doctor, but I would assume higher pressure would result in pushing blood out of your system faster. This probably offsets gains

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