Then little cell fragments called platelets gather at the site of the injury, creating a plug that dams the breech and keeps the blood from leaking further.
The clever solution they used was to freeze the oil using liquid nitrogen, which is usually around -200C or -320F, creating solid plugs on either end of the section to be repaired.
Aspirin may help someone who is having a heart attack caused by a blockage in a blood vessel. Aspirin thins the blood, so the blood may be able to flow past the blockage.
They sent us to another hospital where we handed him over to a surgeon who took him back for an operation to open up his intestine and clear out a blockage and then put his intestine back together.