"redc1c4" wrote in message
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Paul wrote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15790137/

as opposed to just bleeding out in the ER/OR.

this is one of those scenarios where if they do nothing the patient
is DRT. you give them the factor, and they might make it.

they might also go on ART status later, but at least they have a
chance.

maybe what they need to do is give the factor, stop the bleeding,
stabilize the patient & their blood circulation, then treat them
with a LMW heparin or some other anti-coagulant to counter the side
effects of the coagulant.

redc1c4,
(there's a reason it's called "practicing medicine".... %-)
--
"Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear
considerable watching."

Army Officer's Guide

I think you are right.. and that WAS noted in the story... if a wounded
soldier is bleeding out...
giving him or her a drug that MIGHT cause problems later on, still can and
does seem to
stop them from dying from blood loss in the short term.

Still having this info out there, lets a little sunshine in on to what will
probably be a contraversy later on.