InvestigateTV+: A solution to blood shortages?
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(InvestigateTV) — A Kansas City doctor is testing a new way to fight severe blood loss with ingredients that sound more like your grocery list. InvestigateTV+ explains how it works and why some in the medical community are hopeful that the discovery can ease blood shortages. Then, volunteers show us how they turn donated clothing into a boost of self-esteem for young students. Plus, we get an up-close look at how teamwork on the tarmac gets flights in the air safely and on time.Better than blood?A doctor and research scientist at the University of Missouri-Kansas City said he has discovered a potential alternative to blood transfusions for people with severe blood loss. He calls the treatment “better than blood.”When someone experiences severe trauma, such as a car crash or gunshot wound, they risk bleeding to death.Blood transfusions are currently the best treatment to try to stop severe blood loss, also known as hemorrhagic shock.Read moreBringing education to eager studentsIt’s not