Synthetic Nano-Platelets Added to Blood Cut Healing Time in Half.

What happens when a person is in a bad accident is bleeding, and the paramedics arrive? They apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding. Currently researchers are developing synthetic nanoparticles to be injected into the site of injury that act as platelets, clotting and sealing off the wound. The platelets bond with one another as well as the naturally occurring platelets to seal off the wound. Scientist tested and observed that the quantity of time to form a clot in wounded rats was cut in half after the injection of the nanoparticles. Moreover, the artificial platelets even stop internal bleeding. If approved for use in people, this new invention could potentially double the amount of time emergency medical technicians have to move a patient from the site of the accident to nearest medical facility. Surgeons would have more time to locate and stop the bleeding sites on the patient’s body. Soldiers that receive wounds on the battlefield or even standard law enforcement could increase their survival rate if wounded in the line of duty.

I have family and friends that served and or are currently serving in the military. Finding a way to increase their chance of survival while fighting would mean a world to their families as well as me. My uncle is emergency room surgeon and this would also increase his patients’ likelihood of survival. If they could ever develop a version for personal use, there could be (possibly but likely several years away) a packet or dispenser of nanoparticles in every personal first aid kit. This would only be possible if they could produce the nanoparticles on a mass scale and cheaply.