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Iraq
New Clot-forming Bandage Standard Issue to Medics
2003-03-24
Edited for brevity.
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...
Posted by:Dar Steckelberg

#5  Pig insulin was definitely usable by Jews, but these days with rDNA Human insulin so readily available, its not much of an issue.
Posted by: Hermetic   2003-03-24 14:55:37  

#4  If our Muslim friends don't want them used on them....oh,well. Guess they'll have to bleed to death.
Posted by: tu3031   2003-03-24 10:04:10  

#3  Jews don't have any issues with using pig products - wallets, etc... Just eating them. Not sure about pig insulin, though. But for sure in any life threatening situation, as in war injuries, there would be absolutely no issue in using such products. Unlike the Muslim death-cult, Judaism stresses life in this world.
Posted by: Chicxulubavitcher Rebbe   2003-03-24 09:43:20  

#2  These are truly amazing. Not approved for EMS use in the States in most places. Reviews I have read in EMS journals are outstanding. Only drawback is that they get a little hot from the immediate chemical reaction, not unbearable, but unusual. There is also a powder form.

High tech goes to war in a different way.
Posted by: Chuck   2003-03-24 09:41:15  

#1  I'm sure the dying and injured will agree that bioengineered (ie: never got near momma pig) is a technicality they can live with.
Posted by: becky   2003-03-24 09:39:27  

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