Massive prehospital transfusion in multiple blunt trauma

Med J Aust. 1999 Jan 4;170(1):23-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb126860.x.

Abstract

A 15-year-old male passenger in a motor vehicle accident was transfused 15 units of blood products and 8.5 litres of polygeline while still trapped in the wreckage. This and other advanced interventions at the scene contributed to the patient's survival. This first case report of massive prehospital transfusion highlights some of the advantages of senior physician staffed emergency medical services in the prehospital phase of trauma management.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic*
  • Adolescent
  • Blood Transfusion / methods*
  • First Aid / methods*
  • Hemoglobins / analysis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Multiple Trauma / complications*
  • Plasma Substitutes / therapeutic use*
  • Polygeline / therapeutic use*
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic / blood
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic / etiology*
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic / therapy*

Substances

  • Hemoglobins
  • Plasma Substitutes
  • Polygeline