Introduction—Vascular access is an integral component of prehospital resuscitation. Medications and fluids may be beneficial for some patients in cardiovascular collapse, yet access is of...
Introduction—The “Stop the Bleed” campaign in the United States advocates for nonmedical personnel to be trained in basic hemorrhage control and for “bleeding control kits” to be availabl...
Introduction—Prehospital advanced airway management (AAM, including endotracheal intubation [ETI] and supraglottic airway insertion [SGA]) of children is difficult. Multiple AAM attempts ...
Introduction—Trauma patients bleed whole blood. Over the last three decades trauma patients requiring resuscitation have typically received blood component therapy: red blood cells, prima...