Originally Posted by
Hmac
I'm curious. I see blood type patches for attachment to MOLLE gear, hats shirts, etc. all over the range and in LEO training courses, and I dont understand the purpose of the patches.
In the military, would they really transfuse type-specific blood entirely based on a Velcro patch on the back of somebody's gear or clothing? That would never happen in a civilian medical setting, including law enforcement, I'm surprised the military would go for it.
We never look at 'em. At my Combat Support Hospital, everyone gets a Type & Screen. I can't think of a single reason as to why anybody in CONUS America, or Iraq or Afghanistan needs to have their blood type on anything. Every Hospital will run a Type & Screen regardless of Dog Tags, Sharpie Boots, Velcro Tabs or Tattoos (I've seen it)
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
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