Australian scientists says lab liquid shot to the heart could save dying soldiers

Australian scientists says lab liquid shot to the heart could save dying soldiers

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WOUNDED soldiers or injured civilians in remote locations could benefit in the future from an injection that stabilises the heart following massive blood loss.
The fluid is being developed and tested by Queensland scientist Professor Geoffrey Dobson, whose research has been inspired by the ability of animals like the hummingbird to slow their heart rate during hibernation.

The fluid makes a heart weakened by blood loss beat more strongly to continue delivering blood to the body's vital organs

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This is awesome! Hopefully the human trials work successfully and it can be issued to soldiers within a short period of time! Furthermore, this will also be issued to civilians in remote locations, which i feel is a good idea. What does ATS think about this newly conducted research / liquid substance?

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I like it a lot.

But, why just soldiers? Car accidents, ER emergencies, etc. Perhaps they just needed the best example.

Thanks OP!

Also, if there's any science people, how would this be different than a shot of addrenaline?
Is it hecause this is shot directly into the heart?

Originally posted by capone1
I like it a lot.

But, why just soldiers?

Government grant funding for research. They all do it. No matter how big or small. Even the banks receive government grants for research. I

Not enough info in this article to explain exactly how this "shot" helps survival. How does it correlate with a hummingbird's ability to slow its heartrate down? Does this cause its heart to beat more strongly, if slowly?

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From the article:

"The wider implications are for military and pre-hospital civilian use, in rural and remote areas, where nothing currently exists," Prof Dobson said.

As a paramedic..I love fowling this kind of news..thanks OP.

I do wish that more studies and research could be made in the civilian world; there is no lack of trauma in the US; you don't need a war to find it. However EMS is so compartmentalized it makes large scale studies very difficult. It has been slowly improving over the years tho.