Prehospital transfusion: an 8-year descriptive retrospective monocenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemorrhagic shock (HS) is a critical prehospital condition. This study aimed to evaluate the predictive value of the Red Flag criteria on scene versus clinical judgment (gestalt) at initial call for massive transfusion (MT). Secondary aims included determining the proportion of prehospital interventions with packed red blood cells (pRBCs) units and to describe the characteristics of patients for whom dispatch physicians decided to send mobile prehospital team with pRBCs.

Methods

A retrospective study in a French tertiary care hospital (2015-2023) analyzed prehospital interventions involving RBCs. MT was defined as the transfusion of ≥ 4 pRBCs or fresh frozen plasma units within 24 h. The data included demographics, clinical parameters, and outcomes. The predictive

SUBMITTER: Coisy F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12522790 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature