Prioritizing Circulation to Improve Outcomes for Patients with Exsanguinating Injury: A Literature Review and Techniques to Help Clinicians Achieve Bleeding Control
Paula Ferrada, Ricardo Ferrada, Lenworth M. Jacobs, Juan Duchesne, Michael Ghio, Bellal Joseph, Sharven Taghavi, Zaffer Qasim, Tanya L. Zakrison, Megan Brenner, Sharmila Dissanaike, David V. Feliciano
Abstract
Prioritizing circulation in trauma care and delaying intubation in noncompressible cases improve outcomes. By prioritizing circulation, patient survival significantly improves, advocating evidence-based shifts in trauma care.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineInternal medicineTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation