Association Between Prehospital Blood Transfusion in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and Survival: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study
In Japan's physician-staffed HEMS, prehospital blood transfusion was appropriately provided to patients with hemorrhagic shock and, after adjustment for confounding factors, was associated with improved survival. These findings provide evidence supporting the potential benefits of prehospital blood transfusion in appropriately selected patients within physician-staffed air medical systems.
Authors
- Asuka Tsuchiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8725-0050)
- Naoya Miura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-5177)
- Masahiko Matsumoto
- Seiji Morita
- Hiromichi Aoki
Institutions
- Tokai University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Air Medical Journal
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2025.11.003
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science