Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 10.06.2020
When caring for sick warfighters on the battlefield, medics need to be able to draw blood efficiently and quickly. The volume of blood collected needs to be enough to perform diagnostic tests that identify disease or an exposure to a chemical or biological threat agent, so medics draw blood from the vein to collect the quantity needed. They use many tools: needles, syringes, and test tubes to......