Mass casualty events: Blood transfusion emergency preparedness across the continuum of care

Transfusion

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages S208-S216

  Doughty, Heidi ^a,b   Glasgow, Simon ^c   Kristoffersen, Einar ^d  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MASS CASUALTY EVENT; MASS DISASTER; PATIENT CARE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; DISASTER PLANNING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84964330633     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.13488     Document Type: Article

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