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Along with tanks and tents, the Army is taking one very sophisticated medical item onto the battlefields of Iraq: clot-forming bandages. Scientists have transformed the standard, 4-by-4-inch gauze pads found in every hospital and drugstore into life-saving dressings that rapidly stanch even the most severe bleeding. In addition to the antibiotics, splints, painkillers and other supplies in their kits, Army medics may have fibrin bandages, which are coated with human clotting factors that were bioengineered to be produced in the milk of pigs.
I wonder if our Muslim cohorts are aware of this? That might make importing them and using them--especially on a Muslim POW or civilian--rather dicey.
They also carry the chitosan bandage, which is made with shrimp shells and vinegar. With them, "you get an instant scab," said Col. Bob Vandre of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command.
| I guess Jews have it easier than the Muslims. The shrimp shells would seem to make them non-kosher, but I guess if you don't eat them it's okay... |
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