A report of two years of pre-hospital blood transfusions by Thames Valley Air Ambulance

Trauma (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 221-224

  Raitt, James E ^a   Norris Cervetto, Edward ^a   Hawksley, Oliver ^a  

^a Thames Valley Air Ambulance   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blood; Pre hospital; transfusion

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 85048955970     PISSN: 14604086     EISSN: 14770350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460408617706388     Document Type: Article

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