History GCSE

Storage of blood

What Storage of blood means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Developments such as adding sodium citrate to prevent clotting, which paved the way for indirect transfusions during the war.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 11: The historic environment - 1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches (study guide)

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Option 11: The historic environment - 1 The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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