The feasibility of civilian prehospital trauma teams carrying and administering packed red blood cells

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-95

  Bodnar, Daniel ^a,b,c   Rashford, Stephen ^a,b   Williams, Sue ^b   Enraght Moony, Emma ^a   Parker, Lachlan ^a   Clarke, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c REDCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD STORAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTAINER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EMERGENCY CARE SYSTEMS; PREHOSPITAL CARE; TRAUMA;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; QUEENSLAND; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892825764     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201969     Document Type: Article

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