Thread by @TrentTelenko

@lordwhorfin @JayinKyiv The US Army & USMC has had a consistent 1 death to 10 wounded ratio since ~2010 thanks to blood clotting bandages & squad level lifesaver training.

The terms of art are "Platinum 5-minutes" for life saver care & "Golden hour" for getting wounded to hospital level trauma care
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@lordwhorfin @JayinKyiv The Vietnam era US Army was tracking 1 dead to 4 wounded ratio with only 1960's Golden hour trauma are.

The difference is not just early blood clotting bandages & the training to use same in the squad.

21st century trauma care has a lot more whole blood.
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@lordwhorfin @JayinKyiv Something like 7 units of blood are used in gunshot wound cases in 21st century US inner city and military combat hospitals.

This prodigious use of whole blood saves lives.

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@lordwhorfin @JayinKyiv The reports I've read associated with Russian Army whole blood supply chains is the small 9 volt car/truck refrigerators used to move whole blood towards the battlefield & forward combat hospitals have been systematically looted.

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@lordwhorfin @JayinKyiv Hence my 2 to 3 dead to wounded across the whole Ukraine front and places like Bakhmut with Wagner penal troops/Mobiks at something like 1-to-1.

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