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Front line soldiers will be able to access blood transfusions using freeze-dried plasma
The lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan on the treatment of badly hurt casualties requiring blood have been heeded
4 March 2021 • 8:00pm
Results have shown that bleeding casualties who received a blood transfusion before reaching hospital achieved better outcomes
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Soldiers will be able to receive blood transfusions on the front line by Army paramedics for the first time, as a result of freeze-dried plasma.
As part of the new Blood Far Forward initiative, being used on Operation MINUSMA, the UN s peacekeeping mission in Mali, troops are leaving bases armed with bottles of dried plasma that they can mix with water and administer to a soldier in the event of an emergency.