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. 2025 Jul 16;10(3):e001931.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2025-001931. eCollection 2025.

Prehospital blood transfusion coalition clinical practice guideline for civilian emergency medical services

Matthew J Levy  1 , Randall M Schaefer  2 , Holly Obyrne  3 , Jon R Krohmer  4 , Eric A Bank  5 , John B Holcomb  6
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Prehospital blood transfusion coalition clinical practice guideline for civilian emergency medical services

Matthew J Levy et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .
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Keywords: Blood; clinical practice; guidelines; transfusions.

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Conflict of interest statement

ML is a consultant with Stryker Medical Education. He is the uncompensated chair of the Stop the Bleed Coaltion. He is the EMS Medical Director of Continuing Education for the American Red Cross and is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the American Red Cross. JRK is the Principal/EMS Physician with EMSMD, PLLC, Chair of the Prehospital Blood Transfusion Coalition and non-Executive BOD member and EMS Consultant for Velico Medical. JBH is on the board of directors of QinFlow, Hemostatics, and Zibrio. He receives research grant support from the DoD and NIH, focused on hemorrhage control and resuscitation. He consults with WFIRM, Geneva Foundation, Aspen Medical, Infrascan and is the coinventor of the Junctional Emergency Tourniquet Tool and thus receives royalties from UT Health.

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