Oh Shit--The Golden Hour

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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/pentagon-zombie-pigs-first-then-hibernating-gis/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

Around half of U.S. troop fatalities are caused by blood loss from
battlefield injuries. Now, with another 30,000 troops deploying to
Afghanistan, the Pentagon is pushing for medical advances that can
save more lives during combat.  The Defense Department’s latest
research idea: Stop bleeding injuries by turning pigs into the
semi-undead. If it works out, we humans could be the next ones to be
zombified.

Military’s mad-science arm Darpa has awarded $9.9 million to the Texas
A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS), to develop treatments
that can extend a “golden period” when injured war fighters have the
best chance of coming back from massive blood loss. Odds of survival
plummet after an hour — during combat, that kind of quick evacuation,
triage and treatment is often impossible.