You Can Now Save Lives in Event of Terror Attacks or Disasters

The Defense Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) in India has issued kits that can save lives of injured public or soldiers in the event of a terror attack or disasters or accidents.

The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied //Sciences (INMAS) which is DRDO’s Delhi-based bio-medical and clinical research lab has so far been supplying these kits that contain medicines such as a wound-healing gel and freeze-resistant saline water that are extremely helpful at higher altitudes in saving lives in the absence of doctors. DRDO now is also planning to collaborate with the premier AIIMS health facility to take these to the common people.

Simple, Low-cost Tranexamic Drug Could Save Bleeding Mothers Post Childbirth
Post-partum hemorrhage or severe bleeding in mothers after childbirth could be treated using tranexamic acid as a frontline response, reveals study.

‘The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences has developed life saving kits that have wound-healing gel that can be used to stop profuse bleeding in an emergency situation where the doctors are not available. These will soon be widely available to the common man.’

Tweet it Now

According to medical science, 60 per cent of deaths from combat injuries are caused due to excessive bleeding. INMAS Joint Director Aseem Bhatnagar explained that the INMASEAL Gel is extremely effective in stopping profuse bleeding.

"The Chitosen gel formulation can stop blood oozing within a minute even in case of venous rupture. It can be applied at multiple sites and is extremely useful in case of battlefield casualty, gunshot injuries, road accident injuries and falls," said Bhatnagar

Currently the cost of the medication is Rs 8,000 but if produced in higher volumes the cost can be reduced.

Bleeding Disorders - Symptoms - Causes - Types - Diagnosis - Treatment - FAQs
Bleeding disorder is an acquired or an inherited condition, which is characterized by excessive bleeding in the persons affected by the problem.

So far 11,000 units of the medication have been provided to security personnel and, of this, 4,000 units were given to CAPF personnel during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

The INMASEAL Gauze dressing, a single-time medication to stop bleeding but sterilised by gamma radiations, reduces bleeding and stops oozing of blood, INMAS scientist Amit Tyagi said.

Acute on Chronic Bleeding : New Type of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Identified
A previously unidentified condition with new symptoms or signs of acute bleeding has been identified.

"The dressing gauze can be used in any environment, from high altitude to hot Rajasthan desert. It can stop oozing of blood in significantly short span of time with enhanced natural wound-healing process."

The dressing is even effective at a temperature of -40 degrees Celsius, where normally all other dressings and bandages do not work.

Progress in Preventing Bleeding Complications in Atrial Fibrillation
Therapies combining anticoagulant drug with anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) were more effective in preventing bleeding complications in atrial fibrillation.

The other product developed by INMAS is a Sodium Chloride formulation, also known as saline water, which does not freeze even at -17 degrees Celsius.

"Unlike normal saline which freezes at high altitudes, this formulation does not freeze at all. It has been developed for places where we cannot give blood-transfusion to the injured personnel," Singh said, adding that the medication is immensely helpful in reducing brain oedema.

He stressed that the saline water has additional uses such as reducing pulmonary oedema, reducing oedema from traumatic injuries and increasing blood pressure and blood fluid volume in case of blood loss.

According to INMAS, though the medications are currently being supplied to the security forces only, an agreement with AIIMS was on the anvil to make them available to common people.

Various meetings have been held between AIIMS Trauma Chief Rajesh Malhotra and the DRDO in the matter.

"A DRDO team came to the trauma centre a fortnight ago to look into various collaboration projects. They have developed very nice products to stop bleeding in acute injuries. There is a need for capacity building as combat-like casualties are very common in public life including gas cylinder blasts, burns and fractures," Malhotra told IANS.

Source-IANS