Prehospital blood product transfusion by U.S. Army MEDEVAC during combat operations in Afghanistan: A process improvement initiative

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 785-791

  Malsby III, Robert F ^a   Quesada, Jose ^b   Powell Dunford, Nicole ^b   Kinoshita, Ren ^b   Kurtz, John ^b   Gehlen, William ^b   Adams, Colleen ^c   Martin, Dustin ^d   Shackelford, Stacy ^e  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b 440th Blood Support Detachment ^*  (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d 82nd Airborne Division   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MILITARY MEDICINE; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AIR AMBULANCES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84879730357     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00047     Document Type: Article

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