The Las Vegas mass shooting: An analysis of blood component administration and blood bank donations

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 128-133

  Lozada, M James ^a   Cai, Stephanie ^b   Li, Marissa ^c   Davidson, Stephanie Lynne ^d   Nix, Justin ^e   Ramsey, Glenn ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United Blood Services   (United States)

^d Sunrise Children's Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; hemorrhage control; mass casualty events; mass shooting incidents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS DISASTER; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; BLEEDING; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MORTALITY; PLASMA; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORRHAGE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PLASMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058915066     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002089     Document Type: Article

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