Statewide Emergency Medical Services Protocols for Field-Initiated Blood Resuscitation
While most statewide EMS protocols in the US did not include field-initiated blood transfusion, the protocols that do exist vary widely. With the increasing implementation of prehospital blood programs, these findings suggest an opportunity to provide more robust evidence-based guidelines for prehospital blood transfusion to improve patient care and outcomes.
Authors
- Scott A. Goldberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1501-6956)
- Jane M. Hayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8745-6240)
- Gregory Andrew Peters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0026-9985)
- Adam Kipust
- Melissa Fornagiel
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Miami (US)
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2026.2623431
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00