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Radio 4,3 mins

To replace blood, or not to replace blood (at the roadside)

Inside Health

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Paramedic Jim Hancox and trauma anaesthetist Nick Crombie show Mark one of the Midlands air ambulances. Midlands Air Ambulance is one of six air ambulances taking part in a new randomised controlled trial to find out whether blood lost after an accident should be replaced pre-hospital with blood products or with saline alone. Image: one of the Midlands Air Ambulances.

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