Prehospital blood transfusion coalition core competencies for emergency medical services personnel
Purpose These competencies establish the coalition’s recommendations for comprehensive educational standards and competency requirements for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel authorized to administer blood products in the prehospital environment.
Authors
- Eric A. Bank
- Randall Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6882-3981)
- Matthew J. Levy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-3281)
- Joshua Holcomb
- R Hill
- Jon R. Krohmer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3821-0308)
- William J Bullock
- Holly O’Byrne
Institutions
- Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (DE)
- New York City Fire Department (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- Government of the District of Columbia (US)
- Harris Health System (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- Protestant Reformed Churches in America (US)
- Schafer Corporation (United States) (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2025-002132
- Primary Topic
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Stryker
- National Institutes of Health