Emergency whole-blood use in the field: a simplified protocol for collection and transfusion.

G, Strandenes; Pasquale M, De; AP, Cap; TA, Hervig; EK, Kristoffersen; M, Hickey; C, Cordova; O, Berseus; HS, Eliassen; L, Fisher; S, Williams; PC, Spinella

doi:10.1097/shk.0000000000000114

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Emergency whole-blood use in the field: a simplified protocol for collection and transfusion.

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Strandenes G

De Pasquale M

Cap AP

Abstract

Military experience and recent in vitro laboratory data provide a biological rationale for whole-blood use in the treatment of exsanguinating hemorrhage and have renewed interest in the reintroduction of fresh whole blood and cold-stored whole blood to patient care in austere environments. There is ...

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