UK's Surgeon General - Daily Mirror 2007

Prawns save lives

Miracle bandages made from crushed prawns have nearly halved the death rate among seriously wounded troops.

The HemCon bandages, used in Iraq and Afghanistan, contain bits of crushed prawn shell.

They help clots to develop instantly and prevent potentially fatal blood loss.

The number of seriously injured troops dying has dropped from 24 per cent to just 13 per cent.

The Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Louis Lillywhite, said: "They have resulted in a survival rate that's better than anybody has ever achieved."

The technology is so advanced that field hospitals can treat severe trauma casualties better than many NHS hospitals

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