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Damage Control Resuscitation – Quick Reference Guide
COPENHAGEN, July 8 Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield. Damage Control Resuscitation by Joint Trauma System was developed to prioritize non-surgical interventions, which may reduce morbidity and mortality from trauma and hemorrhage....
Improved Survival in Critically Injured Combat Casualties Treated with Fresh Whole Blood by Forward Surgical Teams in Afghanistan
COPENHAGEN, June 18 Recent conflicts involving US military forces over the past 2 decades saw a resurgence in the use of whole blood on the battlefield, initially using warm fresh whole blood (FWB) from “walking blood banks,” and since 2016 adding cold-stored, fully...
Whole-Blood Resuscitation of Injured Patients
- The Innovation of LTOWB (low-titer group O whole blood) COPENHAGEN, May 18 Whole-blood transfusion for the treatment of hemorrhagic shock and coagulopathy after injury has a long history in military medicine since World War I. However, whole blood was replaced by...
Effect Of Helicopter Transport On Red Blood Cell Components
Effect Of Helicopter Transport On Red Blood Cell ComponentsCOPENHAGEN, April 28 In the study published by Blood Transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue, it was investigated whether a helicopter flight affected the quality and shelf-life of stored RBCs (red blood cells)....
Alert For A Severe Blood Shortage: Blood Donation In The Time Of Corona
Alert For A Severe Blood Shortage: Blood Donation In The Time Of CoronaCOPENHAGEN, Mar 30 Blood donation saves lives — also and especially in the time of coronavirus. But the number of people donating has dropped globally because of the fear of infection. The world is...
FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors
FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors(Photo: Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19 in triage tents at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx borough of New York on March 24, 2020. By Misha...
Death Ignores the Golden Hour
Death Ignores the Golden Hour The Argument for Mobile, Father-Forward Surgery (Photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis, U.S. Air Force)COPENHAGEN, Mar 20 In this military review published by U.S. Army, it is stressed that the first hour after the occurrence of a traumatic...
EMS Today in Tampa, USA
COPENHAGEN, Mar 16, 2020 In the beginning of March, our °MEQU Team had a great experience participating in EMS Today – an international conference & exposition on emergency medical devices and equipment. The event was held in Tampa Convention Centre in the U.S....
MEQU’s Sponsorship to Medical Events NL
COPENHANGEN Feb 25 °MEQU had the pleasure of sponsoring Medical Events NL with the °M Warmer System at Alternative Elfstedentocht, an extreme skating event held in Weissensee, Austria from Jan 21 to 29. Medical Events NL is a Dutch company that provides medical...
Effect of Hypothermia on Haemostasis and Bleeding Risk
In this narrative review (the link below), the authors highlight trauma, surgery, and mild induced hypothermia as three clinically important situations in which the effects of hypothermia on haemostasis are important. In observational studies of trauma, hypothermia...