TY - JOUR T1 - Prehospital resuscitation JF - Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open JO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open DO - 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000729 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - e000729 AU - Alexandra M P Brito AU - Martin Schreiber Y1 - 2021/05/01 UR - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000729.abstract N2 - Traumatic injury is the leading cause of death in young people in the USA. Our knowledge of prehospital resuscitation is constantly evolving and is often informed by research based on military experience. A move toward balanced blood product resuscitation and away from excessive crystalloid use has led to improvements in outcomes for trauma patients. This has been facilitated by new technologies allowing more front-line use of blood products as well as use of tranexamic acid in the prehospital setting. In this article, we review current practices in prehospital resuscitation and the studies that have informed these practices. ER -