Making blood immediately available in emergencies

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
² Tactical Combat Casualty Care and the DoD Joint Trauma System, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁴ South Texas Blood and Tissue, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
⁵ Armed Services Blood Program, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, UTHealth, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
⁹ Canadian Forces Health Services, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
¹¹ Department of Defense, Joint Trauma System, US Army, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, USA.

John B Holcomb et al. Transfusion. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;64(8):1543-1550.

doi: 10.1111/trf.17929. Epub 2024 Jul 19.

¹ Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
² Tactical Combat Casualty Care and the DoD Joint Trauma System, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
⁴ South Texas Blood and Tissue, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
⁵ Armed Services Blood Program, Defense Health Headquarters, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
⁷ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.
⁸ Department of Surgery, UTHealth, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
⁹ Canadian Forces Health Services, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA.
¹¹ Department of Defense, Joint Trauma System, US Army, Ft Sam Houston, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: administration; blood management; transfusion practices (adult).

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