Empresa israelí desarrolló un sistema de vendaje que detiene hemorragias severas en pocos minutos

Avances. Empresa israelí desarrolló un sistema de vendaje que detiene hemorragias severas en pocos minutos

Itongadol/AJN.- Un nuevo emprendimiento israelí desarrolló un sistema de vendas que apunta a salvar vidas en casos de hemorragias severas, donde los procedimientos de tratamiento convencional suelen fracasar para detener el sangrado y la infección.

De acuerdo a Yuval Yaskil, dueño y CEO de Core Scientific Creations (CSC), la venda llamada WoundClot, no solo detiene las hemorragias en pocos minutos – sin tener que aplicar presión sobre la herida – sino que además mejora el proceso natural de la coagulación de la sangre.

«Las hemorragias severas e incontrolables son la principal causa de muerte en el campo de batalla», explicó Yaskil. «Mientras que el protocolo tradicional para tratar estas heridas incluye aplicar presión en la zona para detener el sagrado y trasladar al paciente al hospital,Yaskil afirmó que en algunos casos como las heridas causadas por puñal o traumas craneales, la presión no funciona.

Es por eso que WoundClot fue diseñado químicamente para detener las perdida de sangre, mejorar el proceso de coagulación mientras mantiene la estabilidad del paciente por 24 horas.

«Nuestro producto es único porque es el único producto del mercado que no requiere aplicar compresión en la herida siendo también el único que es bioabsorbible. Esa es nuestra patente», aseguró.

La mente maestra detrás del WoundClot es el Dr. Eliyahu Shani Gross, vicepresidente y director de tecnología de CSC, quien explicó que la estructura química única del producto permite la absorción de grandes cantidades de líquidos sin desintegrarse.

«Cuando está expuesto a líquidos, el producto empieza a absorber la enorme cantidad de sangre que luego se convierte en gel», explicó. «La estructura molecular especial permite que la sangre permanezca activa, para ayudar a la coagulación de la herida y detener la hemorragia», agregó.

Actualmente, CSC está proporcionando WoundClot a las unidades de la policía y el ejército israelí, así como su venta a los hospitales, donde el tratamiento de la hemorragia consume tiempo y productos caros en la sala de emergencias u
operación.

WoundClot cuesta menos de 10 dólares por vendaje y hasta 100 dólares para productos quirúrgicos de mayor tamaño. Si bien este nivel de precios está dentro de la gama alta del mercado, Yaskil dijo que el vendaje puede sustituir a otros productos o procedimientos que cuestan hasta miles de dólares.

Israeli veganism takes root in land of milk and honey (en)

25 January 2016
From the sectionMiddle East

Vegan Fest fair in Ramat Gan, Israel (file photo)Image copyrightAFP Israel has the highest number of vegans per capita in the world, activists say

On a typical evening at Nanuchka, a popular Georgian restaurant in the middle of Israel’s bustling Tel Aviv, music fills the air and alcohol flows freely.

Until a few years ago, Nanuchka was just a conventional Georgian pub serving traditional food like khachapuri, a cheesy bread, and khinkali, a meat-stuffed dumpling.

But then Nana Shrier, the flamboyant owner of the venue, where the walls are adorned with erotic art, became a strict vegan – in what is said to be the most vegan country in the world per capita.

She decided to convert her entire restaurant to a meatless and dairy-free establishment despite being advised against it by friends and business colleagues.

Israelis are flocking to it – and business is more successful than ever.

Nana ShrierImage copyrightErica Chernofsky Image captionNana Shrier has seen business grow since converting her restaurant to vegan cuisine

For vegans, everything derived from animals is off-limits. Similar to – but stricter than – vegetarians, vegans do not eat eggs and cheese, or drink milk, and in some cases even avoid honey. Leather, wool and silk are also avoided.

Sitting at Nanuchka, eating a meal of vegan tsatsivi (where cauliflower is substituted for chicken), Nana says that consuming animals is both inhumane and unhealthy.

«I don’t like it,» she explains, scrunching her nose in disgust. «I feel the body of the animals in the steak, I feel the animal in the fillet, and the blood. I don’t like it so much.»

Plate of vegan appetisersImage copyrightErica Chernofsky Image captionA plate of vegan appetisers on the menu at Nana Shrier’s restaurant
Plate of vegan Image copyrightErica Chernofsky Image captionThe restaurant also serves a vegan version of the meat dish shawarma

Nana argues there is another benefit to veganism as well.

She says that sometimes, after eating a large steak, or a cheeseburger, for example, people can feel tired and lethargic.

«When you eat vegan food, you have a lot of energy to do very good and nice things,» she says with a coy smile.

When asked if she is implying that vegans have a better sex life than their meat-eating counterparts, she laughs heartily and says, «of course!»

Vegan soldiers

Veganism has become so prominent in Israel that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has started catering to followers in its ranks by offering vegan-friendly ration packs, non-leather boots and wool-less berets.

From an army base in southern Israel, Cpl Daniella Yoeli says the food is not exactly worth writing home about but she is happy to have the option of eating couscous and lentils over schnitzel and schwarma.

Cpl Daniella YoeliImage copyrightErica Chernofksy Image captionThe IDF meets the needs of vegan soldiers like Cpl Daniella Yoeli

She has always loved animals, she explains, and became a vegetarian as a child, converting to veganism only recently.

Her diet is so important to her that had the army not been able to provide conditions that had harmed no living creatures, she might not have enlisted in a combat unit where she would not have been able to provide her own food.

While a vegan combat soldier might seem contradictory, Yoeli politely disagrees.

«In Israel, in the army, what we do in our service is defend the citizens, so I don’t think it’s a paradox, » she says, M-16 rifle slung over her shoulder.

«Like I want to defend animals, I want to defend people, so this is why I’m in combat and this is why I’m in the army.»

‘Species revolution’

According to Omri Paz, the head of the Israeli organisation Vegan Friendly, 5% of Israelis are vegan and the number is growing. Israel boasts some 400 vegan-friendly restaurants, including the world’s first vegan Domino’s Pizza.

Omri PazImage copyrightErica Chernofsky Image captionOmri Paz: It’s time to think about civil rights for animals

Mr Paz attributes the rise of veganism here to a YouTube video by US animal rights activist Gary Yourofsky, which garnered millions of hits worldwide, and more than a million in Israel alone, a lot for a country of only some eight million people.

Mr Yourofsky lectures about the cruelty of the meat industry and, controversially, compares the treatment of animals to the Nazi Holocaust.

Omri Paz says he watched the video and did not leave his room for a week. He says this is the civil rights issue of our century.

«Just like 300 years ago, blacks weren’t equal to whites and that changed with time, and then 100 years ago with the women’s revolution, so I think now, the 21st Century, is the animal species revolution,» he says.

«Treating them not as humans, but not as slaves.»

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Comunidad Druza en Israel | העדה הדרוזית בישראל

Este video lo lleva a un viaje a las raíces de las creencias monoteístas y retrata aspectos del monoteísmo en Tierra Santa en el siglo XXI.

Todas las creencias ven a Israel como Tierra Santa y tienen rituales especiales y lugares sagrados que son sagrados solo para ellos. Al mismo tiempo, lo que podría constituir un ritual para una religión específica podría no ser considerado sagrado por otro.

¿Podemos mirar más allá de estas diferencias culturales y reconocer que todos somos seres humanos viviendo simbióticamente en la tierra de Israel? Más de veinte líderes religiosos comparten su punto de vista y nos ofrecen una visión de su mundo, rituales y forma de vida.


Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Israel