Prehospital blood transfusion programs: Capabilities and lessons learned

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2017, Pages S70-S78

  Zielinski, Martin D ^a   Stubbs, James R ^a   Berns, Kathleen S ^a   Glassberg, Elon ^b   Murdock, Alan D ^c   Shinar, Eilat ^d   Sunde, Geir Arne ^e   Williams, Steve ^f   Yazer, Mark H ^g   Zietlow, Scott ^a   Jenkins, Donald H ^h  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAGEN DAVID ADOM   (Israel)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f Institute of Cruise Ship Medicine   (United States)

^g INSTITUTE FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORWAY; RESUSCITATION; SHIP; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORWAY; RESUSCITATION; SHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85015951437     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001427     Document Type: Article

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