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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
ps: Has anyone seen any FDA response to WS ????
Good question....does the FDA regulate these products???
Inquiring minds want to know...time to dig up info.
ss
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found the answer.....the fda did approve quik-clot but I could not find where wound stat had submitted for an "OK"....I need to search more before I label them a 'tag along' (get approved based on a similiar product without clinical research)
ss
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'Revel in action, translate perceptions into instant judgements, and these into actions that are irrevocable, monumentous and dreadful - all this with lightning speed, in conditions of great stress and in an environment of high tension:what is expected of "us" is the impossible, yet we deliver just that.
(adapted from: Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, surgeon and author: The Wisdom of the Body, 1997 )
Education is the anti-ignorance we all need to better treat our patients. ss, 2008.
The blade is so sharp that the incision is perfect. They don't realize they've been cut until they're out of the fight: A Surgeon Warrior. I use a knife to defend life and to save it. ss (aka traumadoc)
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