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Synthetic blood will keep trauma victims alive for up to 48 hours
Despite numerous advances in emergency medical care over the past decade, humans are still susceptible to bleeding out like Hefty bags filled with vegetable soup. This is especially problematic when people are seriously injured in remote areas or combat operations. Some 17,000 people die from hemorrhagic shock in the US annually (that's roughly 46 people per day). What's more, the American medical community could soon face significant shortages of transfusable blood stocks. Per a 2011 analysis from the National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey, the US could see a shortfall of around 4 million units of blood annually by 2030.
