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Currently, injured soldiers are evacuated back to a main base where, after an assessment of blood type - there are eight - an urgent transfusion is delivered. Traditionally O negative blood has been used for emergency transfusions. But its universality puts pressures on supplies for the NHS which is dependent on donors. Even when it is available, it can still be rejected by many body types. It leaves medics tasked with the challenge of sourcing the correct blood type, which can often lead to fa...

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 Credit: News Scans Soldiers will be able to receive blood transfusions on the front line by Army paramedics for the first time, as a result o...