I love the way that military medical care is being translated to help others in emergency care. New tech is always exciting to me and lifesaving tech is even cooler.
This could be really cool. Even better, Muslims and racists will refuse to use it because it was developed by Jews. What have the Muslims invented lately? Even the suicide bomber, which seems like an Islamist trademark, is really from Sri Lanka. Oh well.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184872965&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull
An Israeli biotechnology company is working with the army to turn blood from newly enlisted soldiers into a freeze-dried powder - like coffee - and send it with them to the battlefield. If those soldiers are ever wounded, water could be added to produce their own blood instantly and create a lifesaving infusion.
Leading the research is Core Dynamics, a Ness Ziona firm active in the research and development of unique freezing, thawing and freeze-drying technologies for application in blood transfusion, cell preservation and tissue and organ transplantation.
OC Medical Corps Brig.-Gen. Dr. Nachman Ash announced the work at the IDF's medical training center in Tzrifin on Wednesday, in his first-ever briefing for health reporters.
If the idea proves itself, it could also have applications in civilian life.
Ash, an internal medicine specialist who entered his current post almost two years ago, also said that a Technion-Israel Institute of Technology professor developed for the IDF a compact, portable device with ceramic pipes that produces oxygen in the field for treating wounded soldiers, replacing heavy gas tanks that have to be carried around.
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