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NATO Blood Panel perspectives on changes to military prehospital resuscitation policies: current and future practice
Author(s) -
Woolley Tom,
Badloe John,
Bohonek Milos,
Taylor Audra L.,
Erik Heier Hans,
Doughty Heidi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1111/trf.13489
Subject(s) - excellence , interoperability , medicine , north atlantic treaty , blood transfusion , resuscitation , political science , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , public relations , alliance , law , emergency medicine , surgery , computer science , operating system
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Blood Panel exists to promote interoperability of transfusion practice between NATO partners. However, it has served as an important forum for the development of prehospital transfusion and transfusion in the austere environment. There are synergies with the trauma hemostasis and oxygen research community especially in the areas of innovation and research. Four presentations are summarized together with a review of some scientific principles. The past decade has already seen significant changes in early transfusion support. Sometimes practice has preceded the evidence and has stretched regulatory and logistic constraints. Ethical and philosophical issues are also important and require us to question “should we” and not just “could we.” The challenge for the combined communities is to continue to optimize transfusion support underpinned by evidence‐based excellence.