Blood and bombs: Blood use after the Boston Marathon bombing of April 15, 2013

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1202-1203

  Quillen, Karen ^a   Luckey, C John ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

BLAST INJURY; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXPLOSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LETTER; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

BLAST INJURIES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BOMBS; BOSTON; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER VICTIMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SPORTS;

EID: 84898645197     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12642     Document Type: Letter

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