Rationale, development and feasibility of a national prehospital transfusion registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Out-of-hospital blood transfusion (OHBT) is an emerging practice for the management of hemorrhagic shock following trauma. The Canadian Prehospital and Transport Transfusion (CAN-PATT) network aims to standardize OHBT practices and assess the feasibility of linking out-of-hospital care with in-hospital outcomes through a national registry.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of patients who received OHBT through an air ambulance program between September 2021 and July 2024 and were transported to one of two regional trauma centers. Prehospital data from the air ambulance database were linked using indirect identifiers to hospital data from the trauma registries and manually reviewed charts. The primary outcome was the percentage of prehospital and in-hos

SUBMITTER: Khattab N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12856417 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature