Tranexamic acid in the prehospital setting: Israel Defense Forces' initial experience

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-70

  Lipsky, Ari M ^a   Abramovich, Amir ^a   Nadler, Roy ^a   Feinstein, Uri ^a   Shaked, Gadi ^b   Kreiss, Yitshak ^c   Glassberg, Elon ^a,d  

^a Trauma Branch   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^d Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Point of injury; Pre hospital care; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPERIENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; ISRAEL; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TRANEXAMIC ACID; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 84889078550     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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