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Nanoparticle Infused Gauze Quickly Stanches Wounds

Posted by Soulskill on from the it's-bloody-quick dept.

jackieduvall writes "Medical gauze has received its first upgrade since World War I. Chemists have infused it with nanoparticles derived from kaolin clay, which somehow give it an amazing ability to stop severe bleeding. It was developed when the Navy approached a team of inorganic chemists at the University of California Santa Barbara to solve a problem with QuikClot, a zeolite-based hemostatic agent that became way too hot and caused burns when it came in contact with water or blood. While performing blood clotting tests, they realized that kaolin clay, which has been used as a control for clotting experiments since the 1950s, could also be used as a first aid product." There is a video demonstration alongside the article. It shows the gauze halting the bleeding from a pig's aorta. The blood isn't excessive, but if you're bothered by that sort of thing, you may want to skip the video.

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  1. Animal Cruelty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It doesn't say what happened to the pig. I have to hope there was a BBQ afterward.

    1. Re:Animal Cruelty by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Funny

      There was - and I don't know if it was the anesthesia or the nano-particles - but it tasted funny.

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  2. Sounds by Kamineko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds like a gauze for celebration!

  3. Ah... by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's fine for people with blood, but what happens to those of us who are caffeine-based lifeforms?

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    1. Re:Ah... by spun · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just use powdered non-dairy creamer, silly.

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  4. Re:Also works for the runs... by SoupGuru · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish my wife thought "nano" things are sexy.

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  5. Re:OT : What's wrong with blood? by couchslug · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Here's something that I've always wondered and never got an answer to. Why are some people bothered by the sight of blood?"

    Social conditioning. When I was young I was tasked with beheading and plucking a bunch of chickens. I found it a bit nasty (I was an innocent suburban kid) because I was never taught nor had I experienced anything different.

    My views changed instantly on eating the delicious stew made from my victims. :)

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  6. Re:Humph... This happens a lot by Country_hacker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. Never thought I'd hear words like 'neurosurgery' and 'splosh' in the same paragraph. Remind me never to let you cut open my skull. ;-)

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  7. This is why vegetarians are important by Bruce+Perens · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is why vegetarians are important.

    ... they taste better when you eat them. :-)

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    Bruce Perens.