Australia tested frozen blood at the hospital

Frozen blood products that have been successfully used to treat injured soldiers in Afghanistan will be put to the test in Australian hospitals to improve the effectiveness of treatment.

Australian military doctors are planning to use technology developed by the US Navy more than 30 years ago to test the effectiveness of frozen blood.

Professor Michael Reade of the University of Queensland said the technique could bring a "huge benefit" to hospitals in remote areas, where there is a need for urgent use of blood but is difficult to operate moved on. Michael said the technique was successfully used by Dutch and Australian military doctors in Afghanistan.

Blood banks are facing a serious problem in shipping and distribution that blood has only shelf life within five days. As a result, remote and many emergency hospitals often lack reserve blood and the amount of blood transported to the end of shelf life before arrival.