Emergency whole-blood use in the field: A simplified protocol for collection and transfusion

Shock

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 76-83

  Strandenes, Geir ^a   De Pasquale, Marc ^b   Cap, Andrew P ^c   Hervig, Tor A ^a   Kristoffersen, Einar K ^a   Hickey, Matthew ^d   Cordova, Christopher ^e   Berseus, Olle ^f   Eliassen, Håkon S ^a   Fisher, Logan ^g   Williams, Steve ^h   Spinella, Philip C ^c,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Deployment Medicine International   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^e KELLER ARMY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g NSWDG US Navy   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

combat; damage control; prehospital; remote; Shock; trauma

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; COLLOID; CRYSTALLOID; ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLLOID; CRYSTALLOID; DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE; EXSANGUINATION; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; NORWAY; PATIENT CARE; PLASMA; RESUSCITATION; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; THROMBOCYTE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD STORAGE; CHEMISTRY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SOLDIER; WAR;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLLOIDS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORWAY; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; WAR;

EID: 84899586547     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: 15400514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SHK.0000000000000114     Document Type: Article

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