Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5652693 | Injury | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A National pre-hospital Code Red protocol is sensitive for predicting transfusion requirement in bleeding trauma patients and does not lead to increased blood component discards. A significant number of patients are coagulopathic and there is a need to improve CRC: FFP ratios and time to transfusion support especially FFP provision. Training clinicians to activate pre-hospital Code Red earlier during the pre-hospital phase may give blood bank more time to thaw and prepare FFP and may improve FFP administration times and ratios so long as components are used upon their availability.
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Authors
Matthew J. Reed, Alison Glover, Lauren Byrne, Michael Donald, Niall McMahon, Neil Hughes, Nicola K. Littlewood, Justin Garrett, Catherine Innes, Margaret McGarvey, Eleanor Hazra, P. Sam M. Rawlinson,