Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable military and civilian trauma death. Damage
control resuscitation with concomitant mechanical hemorrhage control has become the …

Over the last 20 years, numerous studies have fairly consistently reported an improvement in
the prognosis of patients with severe trauma after the establishment of a trauma network …

Damage control resuscitation (DCR) is a strategy for resuscitating patients from hemorrhagic
shock to rapidly restore homeostasis. Efforts are focused on blood product transfusion with …

Background Initial blood lactate and base deficit have been shown to be prognostic
biomarkers in trauma, but their respective performances have not been compared. Methods …

BACKGROUND The Berlin polytrauma definition (BPD) was established to identify multiple
injury patients with a high risk of mortality. The definition includes injuries with an …

Background Haemorrhagic shock is the leading cause of early preventable death in severe
trauma. Delayed treatment is a recognized prognostic factor that can be prevented by …

Abstract Background Prehospital Emergency Medical Services must attend to patients with
complex physiopathological situations with little data and in the shortest possible time. The …

Background Lactate is used to evaluate the prognosis of adult patients with trauma.
However, the prognostic significance of admission serum lactate in the setting of pediatric …

Methods: Adult trauma patients flown by a helicopter emergency medical service were
prospectively enrolled. Using an i-STAT portable analyzer, data from 16 laboratory tests …

Background Emergency medical services (EMS) routinely face complex scenarios where
decisions should be taken with limited clinical information. The development of fast, reliable …