RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prehospital resuscitation
JF Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
JO Trauma Surg Acute Care Open
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e000729
DO 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000729
VO 6
IS 1
A1 Alexandra M P Brito
A1 Martin Schreiber
YR 2021
UL http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000729.abstract
AB 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.