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Trauma Resuscitation Updates

RebelEM

The Role of Whole Blood Transfusions in Civilian Trauma: A Review of Literature in Military and Civilian Trauma. Resuscitation with Blood Products in Patients with Trauma-Related Haemorrhagic Shock Receiving Prehospital Care (RePHILL): A Multicentre, Open-Label, Randomised, Controlled, Phase 3 Trial. Lancet Haematol 2022. Cureus 2022.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

CRASH-3 TRIAL COLLABORATORS This international, multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled trial looked at the effects of TXA on head injury-related death, disability, and adverse events in adult patients with TBI. The primary outcome was head injury-related death in-hospital within 28 days of injury.

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UK-REBOA on Trial: Innovative or Over-Inflated?

RebelEM

Military practice guidelines recommend REBOA for profound shock (SBP <90mmHg) 1 and ACEP along with the American College of surgeons recommend REBOA for traumatic life-threatening hemorrhage below the diaphragm in patients with hemorrhagic shock who are unresponsive or transiently responsive to resuscitation.