The effectiveness of a 'Code Red' transfusion request policy initiated by pre-hospital physicians

Injury

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-6

  Weaver, Anne E ^a   Hunter Dunn, Ceri ^a   Lyon, Richard M ^a   Lockey, David ^a,b,c   Krogh, Charlotte L ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Massive transfusion; Pre hospital care; Trauma

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; INFUSION FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CODE RED; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EMERGENCY CARE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84953837989     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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