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In reply to the discussion: My theory as to why Michael Brown's body lay in the street for at least 5 hours [View all]happyslug
(14,779 posts)After the Officer had "Secure" the person he shot, he should of at a minimum treat the wounds. In Vietnam 25% of all deaths were the result of the lost of blood between a Soldier being shot and getting medical treatment. This death rate dropped drastically in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the Army gave each soldier a package of newly developed blood clotting medication, which you can now pick up in most sporting goods stores. That package did more to reduce the death rate of soldier then the increase armor they wore into combat.
Today, we have small packages of blood stopping that the Officer SHOULD have on him. Such packages should be standard issue to police officers (Not only for use on people Police Officers shoot but the Police Officer themselves). Training on the use of such packages should be standard procedure (and best done as part of the training on the firing range, i.e. Shoot at a target, then training on wounds, so that the Officer gets trained that shooting a weapon leads to treatment of wounds).