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washingtonpost.com 2 Utah Hospitals to Test Artificial Blood The Associated Press Wednesday, June 15, 2005; 7:41 AM SALT LAKE CITY -- University of Utah and LDS hospitals will be among 20 trauma centers in the nation that will test a new synthetic blood. Trauma patients will be selected at random and given the product, PolyHeme, by emergency workers in West Valley City, Salt Lake City and Sandy, and by medical helicopter crews. Thirty-six patients from Utah may be enrolled in the study that will eventually have 720 participants nationwide. "A synthetic blood product is something we've been waiting for years," said Van Summers, chief of the West Valley City Fire Department. When patients in traumatic situations lose a lot of blood, emergency personnel can give them a saline solution to offset the loss, but those solutions do not transport oxygen throughout the body, as blood does. PolyHeme has a hemoglobin base and can transport oxygen. "It is something that is compatible to all patients no matter what blood type," Morris said. "It can be transported to the scene and can be given almost immediately." Because the patients, in most cases, will not be able to give consent for participating in the study, the clinical trial is being conducted under an informed-consent waiver from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA allows such studies if the community is involved and informed ahead of time. Public meetings have been scheduled for June 21 and June 29. Residents who don't want to participate in the study can obtain a blue-colored bracelet from the hospitals, indicating they don't want to be involved. ___ On the Web: Polyheme Blood Substitute Study: <http://uuhsc.utah.edu/polyheme/> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he's hitting you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/AoisKB/isnJAA/xGEGAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
