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Whole Blood Saves Lives in Pacific Battle Says Surgeon
Commander R. B. Silvis of the Fourth Marine division reports extensive use of whole blood for wounded in the Volcano Islands campaign. He cites five men saved by whole blood versus plasma and notes hundreds more likely saved. blood from San Francisco to Guam arrives daily, with plasma as a backup for shock but not heavy hemorrhages.
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