Contact: Rex Graham
ragraham@ucsd.edu
858-822-3075
University of California - San Diego
Caption: The Advanced Trauma Life Support guidelines, recommend that emergency physicians first control bleeding and resuscitate with isotonic fluids. New research suggests hypertonic, hyperviscous fluids may be superior.
Credit: UC San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering
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