Blood transfusion before arrival at a hospital reduces mortality from traumatic hemorrhage and shock. Whether transfusion with whole blood is more beneficial than transfusion with blood components ...

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of death in civilian and military trauma. Fortunately, there is hope. Through the Joint Theater Trauma System, which is an organized approach to providing improved ...

Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical ...

Trauma resuscitation in the context of haemorrhagic shock encompasses a continuum of interventions aimed at arresting bleeding, restoring circulatory volume and preserving organ function. Initial ...

UAB Department of Surgery faculty are leading the way in education for trauma surgeons by creating guides for a new series published in the Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery. Both pieces are ...

As of May 2026, the trauma resuscitation playbook has been rewritten with the release of the most significant AHA CPR updates since 2020, introducing strict compression depth limits (2-2.4 inches) and ...

MILWAUKEE -- When it comes to life-or-death emergencies, emergency room staff members know there's no time to waste. That's especially true when the victim is a child. Doctors and nurses at Children's ...

Patients with acutely life-threatening health conditions who were treated in the innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) received faster treatment and had better health outcomes, including ...

When a trauma patient enters the emergency department, their potential for survival often depends on what happens within the first minutes after their arrival. After studying trauma resuscitation ...

Media contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Trauma is the most common cause of death for patients ...

This column lists the best estimates of deaths from hemorrhage as a percentage of all deaths from the given diagnosis (e.g., all deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysm are ultimately related to ...