SLOW internal bleeding is one of the most dangerous injuries that can affect
people in traffic accidents and soldiers in battle. Left unchecked, it can be
fatal, yet doctors often fail to spot the condition until it’s too late. But now
an ultrasound technique is on the way that lets emergency doctors check for
haemorrhages quickly at a patient’s bedside.
“Sometimes it’s hard to be sure if they’re bleeding or not,” says Xuegong Shi
at ATL Ultrasound in Bothell, Washington, who recently left the University of
Washington in Seattle. “You can think they’re stable, but they might be slowly
bleeding…
