Pre-hospital transfusion of packed red blood cells in 147 patients from a UK helicopter emergency medical service

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lyon, Richard M ^a,c   de Sausmarez, Eleanor ^a   McWhirter, Emily ^a,c   Wareham, Gary ^a   Nelson, Magnus ^a   Matthies, Ashley ^b   Hudson, Anthony ^b   Curtis, Leigh ^a   Russell, Malcolm Q ^a  

^a Redhill Aerodrome   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Haemorrhage; Pre hospital care; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENGLAND; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85012901208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-017-0356-2     Document Type: Article

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