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IDF Officer in Gaza Saved by Battlefield Transfusion

(Ynet News) Yoav Zitun - Maj. Or, an officer from the Givati Brigade, survived a life-threatening injury in Gaza. He was serving as commander of an armored personnel carrier and was half exposed as he looked out for terrorists trying to attach IEDs to the vehicle. When an anti-tank missile was launched at the APC, it was intercepted by the Trophy system. However, the interception seriously wounded the officer as 60 pieces of shrapnel pierced his upper body and ruptured his arteries. "The paramedic who received me in the field pressed on my central artery and then her friends added two more pressure points, also in the neck, to stop the bleeding," he said. "She gave me a morphine candy to relieve the pain and above all began a blood transfusion." Brought by helicopter to Sheba Hospital, he was put to sleep for three days. Miraculously, there was no fatal damage. "I came out relatively well thanks to the treatment in the field. The doctors took out 10 fragments, I will have to live with the majority. I believe that I will still return to Givati, in uniform," the soldier said. Maj. Dr. Stas, the battalion medical officer who gave the blood transfusion to Maj. Or, explained: "Blood loss from an injury in battle is a major cause of death. We improved the treatment and did not settle for a dried plasma transfusion. We are the first army in the world to do this on the battlefield. I saw with my own eyes how the officer came back to life, how his condition improved."
2023-12-06 00:00:00
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