As posted I was in Charm City last week for the EMS Today annual conference. Good continuing education for EMS weenies like me. One session I attended featured the head doc at Shock Trauma ( the best place in the world if you need fixing up in a hurry). He spoke about some emergency med advances on the horizon thanks to our wonderful experience in Iraq. One item which gained my attention was something they've been working on that amounts to fix a flat for people. Here's how this stuff works: Let's say you have a big bleeding tear in your liver after a nasty crash boom boom. You may bleed out internally and die before you get to an OR for surgery. Well, yer handy future para pup medic boy just shakes up a can of the magic stuff, makes a little hole under your belly button, sprays the can in... and voila: bleeding stops, and your liver holds together for a couple of hours. On the operating table the docs pull the now hard foam out and toss it, sew up your liver, close you up... and odds are good you walk out of the hospital before too long. That's cool stuff!
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