Comments on: DARPA’s Wound Stasis technology could save lives

By: asiwel

asiwel — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:02:55 +0000

Hard to even try to make excuses for some acts on all sides … and this technology is for abdominal bleeding .. from puncture wounds .. which thankfully are not that common in settings other than war and hunting, etc. But you are absolutely right about wonderful medical technologies. This one reminds me of the recent KurzweilAI post about new amazing foam syringes that create fragile oxygen-laden bubbles when injected by EMTs into the bloodstream of a victim who is asphixiating due to trachea obstruction/choking or lung collapse. The article said the oxygen foam would allow the brain to go for at least 15 minutes without the patient breathing, giving time to get to a ER (or better place to operate). A precursor, sort of, to Ray’s artificial blood cells – but here and now and available for wide distribution to save lives.

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:02:35 +0000

@asiwel: Well, there are vids were people, even civilians and journalists, are shot dead like dogs.

There are reports of captioned muslims being forced to have homosexual intercourse with other prisoners.I don’t know, if I would want to be found by such an army.

Anyway: No war- no dead.Do we really need armed conflicts as an excuse to invent such wonderful medical technologies!?

By: asiwel

asiwel — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:51:26 +0000

Having been there, done that, I certainly would hope/prefer that no one (war-lover or not) has to live through a real war at home or abroad, However, unless I grossly misunderstand, if I were a seriously injured “freedom fighter” (friendly or not) my wish and best hope would be to fall into the hands of the American military forces in the area – who, before and certainly after that area is secure, would be likely to provide me with the best emergency medical care they could, no matter who I was. If fact, that is the way national armies are supposed to fight – and, amazingly they do, much of the time.

By: Mr.X

Mr.X — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:14:34 +0000

@Gorden: Maybe you get what you deserve.I say maybe, because your losses aren’t that high (yet).

The more you people bleed, the sooner this waste of mony, time and most importantly lives (especially the lives of the brave Afghani freedom fighters) will end.

I hope some of you war-lovers will have to live through a real war at home.Experience is the best teacher, they say^^

This invention could be great, though.

Ps: No clinical trials?Maybe you’d kill your own people without knowing it^^

By: Gorden Russell

Gorden Russell — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:55:33 +0000

The need is so great, that if it looks like it will work at all, it should be sent over to Afghanistan right now. No time for clinical trials, our people are bleeding out every day over there.

By: bernard garner

bernard garner — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:52:06 +0000

I would not want to be one of the controls.

By: Cloudswrest

Cloudswrest — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:45:33 +0000

Great Stuff!