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by Nursie 377 days ago
How well did that one work?

There was another one in the US called "PolyHeme" which did not go well - https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=PolyHeme

The controversy around that one was not only that it did not work as well as it could (more patients had heart attacks than with saline), but that it was trialled on trauma patients without their explicit consent - implied consent was used, and people in trial areas could opt-out by requesting a bracelet. Problematic to say the least...