Serious Injuries Are More Likely to Be Fatal for People With O Blood Type

Gizmodo ---------- The thing we’re most likely to not know when filling out a government form—our blood type—might mean the difference between life and death following a traumatic injury, a new study published Tuesday in Critical Care suggests. Researchers in Tokyo looked over the medical records of over 900 patients who had visited one of two emergency critical care medical centers in Japan from 2013 to 2016. The patients had been admitted with severe trauma, defined as any injury that could permanently disable or kill someone. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.