ArticleTransfusion2025
Nationwide trends in prehospital blood product use after injury 2020-2023.
Article in Transfusion, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Central venous catheters in prehospital care: Just because we can, does it mean we should?Transfusion · 2026Article
- Increased prehospital to total blood product administration associated with improved hospital outcomes: A secondary analysis of hemorrhagic shock trials.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2026Article
- Nationwide pediatric prehospital blood product use after motor vehicle crashes 2020-2023.Transfusion · 2026Article
- Revisiting whole blood transfusion for the massively bleeding patient: The origins of resistance to change.Transfusion · 2026Article
- Unequal access to timely care: Geographic variation in prehospital time among injured patients at risk of hemorrhagic shock.Transfusion · 2026Article
- Potential utility of prehospital blood for trauma patients in a dense, urban setting: simulations of prehospital travel times.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2026Article
- Prehospital blood transfusion coalition core competencies for emergency medical services personnel.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2026Article
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- Prehospital blood transfusion coalition clinical practice guideline for civilian emergency medical services.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionPrehospital blood transfusion improves survival after injury. Understanding potential demand for and usage of prehospital blood transfusion is important to help improve supply and utilization of this prehospital intervention. The primary objective of this study is to describe potential current demand for prehospital blood product in adults after blunt and penetrating injury from 2020 to 2023. We also estimate the extent to which this potential demand is being met.
methodsPatients ≥16 years with blunt/penetrating injuries included in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) from 2020 to 2023 were identified. Patients were classified into Cohort 1 (systolic blood pressure (SBP) <90 and heart rate (HR) >108 or SBP <70) and Cohort 2 (shock index ≥1), and total numbers in each cohort were reported. Additionally, the number and percentage of patients who were potentially eligible for and who received prehospital blood transfusion were calculated and trended over time.
resultsAfter exclusions, 20.4 million trauma patients were included. A total of 262,761 Cohort 1 patients and 1,227,556 Cohort 2 patients were potentially eligible for transfusion. Estimated demand for blood transfusion increased from 2020 to 2023 (p < 0.001) in both cohorts. Cohort 1 had the highest estimated proportion of patients (0.9%, n = 2,289) who received transfusion, demonstrating that few potentially eligible adult trauma patients received blood product.
conclusionsAltogether, 1.2 million hemodynamically unstable trauma patients were potentially eligible for prehospital blood transfusion after injury during 2020-2023, yet less than 1% received this intervention. These data underscore the need to evaluate and resolve barriers to wider use of prehospital blood transfusions.
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