The lost art of whole blood transfusion in austere environments

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 129-134

  Strandenes, Geir ^a,b   Hervig, Tor A ^b   Bjerkvig, Christopher K ^b   Williams, Steve ^c   Eliassen, Håkon S ^b   Fosse, Theodor K ^b   Torvanger, Hans ^b   Cap, Andrew P ^d  

^a Norwegian Naval Special Operation Commando   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Fleet Design and Newbuilding   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTERE ENVIRONMENT; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRUISE SHIP; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSIVE RESUSCITATION; RESUSCITATION; SHIP; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TRENDS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 84924416296     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000130     Document Type: Article

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