Prehospital blood transfusion—experience from a specialized prehospital response vehicle—a retrospective cohort study
Prehospital transfusion by a trained MIC team led to high survival rates in trauma and non-trauma patients. The frequent invasive procedures underline the need for integrated prehospital blood transfusion within advanced care. Broader adoption of structured protocols in high-acuity systems warrants prospective evaluation.
Authors
- Nikolai Kaltschmidt
- Stephan Katzenschlager (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-7999)
- Othmar Kofler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4279-6935)
- Maximilian Dietrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-038X)
- Erik Popp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6856-2059)
- Markus Weigand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0325-2268)
- Frank Weilbacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-4234)
- Albrecht Leo
- Jens Postina
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Heidelberg University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1666713
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00