Prehospital blood transfusion during aeromedical evacuation of trauma patients in israel: The IDF CSAR experience

Military Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-52

  Chen, Jacob ^a,b   Benov, Avi ^a,b,c,d   Nadler, Roy ^a   Darlington, Daniel N ^b   Cap, Andrew P ^b   Lipsky, Ari M ^e   Glassberg, Elon ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

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

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; ISRAEL; MALE; PROCEDURES; RESCUE WORK;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RESCUE WORK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85015149893     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-16-00081     Document Type: Article

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