The nitric oxide causes the blood vessels to relax and allow more blood to flow. It doesn't matter how much O2 the red blood cell carries, if it can't get where it's headed, it might as well be covered in cyanide.
As another poster said, if you're bleeding out, you want to replace blood as fast as possible. Opening the blood vessels would just make the bleeding worse. Yes, blood transfusions save lives. There is no argument about that. They're not saying that transfusions are bad; in fact, they're asking for clinical trials to find out whether or not the amount (or lack of) nitric oxide is clinically significant. Here are their words on the subject:
From TFA:
Stamler agreed on the need for clinical trials.
"Banked blood is truly a national treasure that needs to be protected," Stamler said. "Blood can be life saving, only it is not helping the way we had hoped and in many cases it may be making things worse. In principle, we now have a solution to the nitric oxide problem -- we can put it back -- but it needs to be proven in a clinical trial."
Honestly, maybe it was sparks. The iPod doesn't look like it was that badly damaged. His pocket is free from damage, as far as I can see on engadget.com, and the scorching on the "glossy paper" indicates a short, intense heat burst. It seems like something arced out in the front controls, causing a shower of sparks.
I don't doubt that he was scared shitless, but I do doubt that there were flames for 15 seconds. That's quite a long time when your life is in danger, and I just don't see anything that would indicate a burn time of 15 seconds.
There was one Racial WMD program against black people in south africa when they had that Apartheid shit going on, it had something to do with circle cells, I think that is a cell type that only black africans have.
You're thinking of Sickle Cell Anemia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sickle_cell_anemia). And it affects not only Africans, but affect anyone, regardless of race. Sickle Cell Anemia is an extremely painful disease, because the normally round red blood cells form into a sickle shape, causing them to get trapped in the vessels. It causes swelling due to blood backup in the capillaries, and can seriously damage your organs.
Please, before making a comment such as this, do a bit of research.
It is amazing to see in action. Works a hell of a lot better than tampons, too. The price is obviously worth it, but the damage done to the limb is pretty ugly too. Do you know of anyone keeping a limb after using quickclot?
Also, there's a great splint that's basically a thin sheet of metal wrapped in foam, but I can't remember the name of it. Was that military in origin?
You're thinking of the SAM Splint. Good tool, when you can get them.
My EMS agency allowed us a trial run of the QuikClot, and you're right. It's amazing, especially on oozing wounds. The other device to come from the military is the Asherman Chest Seal, which is a one way valve with a large sticky surface for sucking chest wounds.
My father was the arson investigator in my home town (may he rest in peace), and I joined the fire department when I turned 18. I've been on dozens of investigations with him, and I have NEVER heard him say conclusively that an accelerant was used in any fire without having some kind of evidence to back it up. We regularly took samples from suspect areas and sent them to the county arson/bomb lab for analysis. My father taught me many things about fires and arsons, and the only thing I remember him saying that is mentioned in the article is that multiple holes in the floor can indicate multiple ignition points.
As was said earlier, it's damn near impossible to get an arrest for arson, much less a conviction. We had a guy admit to trying to torch his car for the insurance. He even wrote a confession and signed it, in front of my father and sheriff's deputies, and the DA let him off.
Arson investigation is grueling, filthy work. Hours on hours of rooting around in the rubble that was someone's home or business; sorting out the evidence from the disaster.
Fellow nerds, even though this shows that fire investigation is still an evolving science, go thank a firefighter or investigator for their service anyway. It'll make their day.
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As another poster said, if you're bleeding out, you want to replace blood as fast as possible. Opening the blood vessels would just make the bleeding worse. Yes, blood transfusions save lives. There is no argument about that. They're not saying that transfusions are bad; in fact, they're asking for clinical trials to find out whether or not the amount (or lack of) nitric oxide is clinically significant. Here are their words on the subject:
From TFA:Stamler agreed on the need for clinical trials.
"Banked blood is truly a national treasure that needs to be protected," Stamler said. "Blood can be life saving, only it is not helping the way we had hoped and in many cases it may be making things worse. In principle, we now have a solution to the nitric oxide problem -- we can put it back -- but it needs to be proven in a clinical trial."
Honestly, maybe it was sparks. The iPod doesn't look like it was that badly damaged. His pocket is free from damage, as far as I can see on engadget.com, and the scorching on the "glossy paper" indicates a short, intense heat burst. It seems like something arced out in the front controls, causing a shower of sparks. I don't doubt that he was scared shitless, but I do doubt that there were flames for 15 seconds. That's quite a long time when your life is in danger, and I just don't see anything that would indicate a burn time of 15 seconds.
On second thought, forget the hookers and the blackjack. Awww, forget the whole thing!
Too easy.
My EMS agency allowed us a trial run of the QuikClot, and you're right. It's amazing, especially on oozing wounds. The other device to come from the military is the Asherman Chest Seal, which is a one way valve with a large sticky surface for sucking chest wounds.
As was said earlier, it's damn near impossible to get an arrest for arson, much less a conviction. We had a guy admit to trying to torch his car for the insurance. He even wrote a confession and signed it, in front of my father and sheriff's deputies, and the DA let him off.
Arson investigation is grueling, filthy work. Hours on hours of rooting around in the rubble that was someone's home or business; sorting out the evidence from the disaster.
Fellow nerds, even though this shows that fire investigation is still an evolving science, go thank a firefighter or investigator for their service anyway. It'll make their day.
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