Expanding the Use of Whole Blood on the Battlefield—New JTS CPG on Type A Whole Blood
The Joint Trauma System and Armed Services Blood Program have collaborated to develop a Clinical Practice Guideline for the use of Type A Whole Blood to expand the availability of whole blood in the operational environment. This MPO Minute discusses the rationale, key considerations, and recommendations outlined in the CPG.
Authors
- Remealle A. How
- Jennifer M. Gurney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-1137)
- Matthew D. Tadlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-1710)
- Jan‐Michael Van Gent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4655-2527)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Naval Medical Center San Diego (US)
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Naval Health Research Center (US)
- Joint Base San Antonio (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Military Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usaf569
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55