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Prehospital Whole Blood Transfusion During Medically Directed Rescue of an Entrapped Trauma Patient: A Case Report
Prehospital Emergency Care · Added 22 September 2026
Case report of an entrapped trauma patient after a motor vehicle collision receiving advanced airway management, finger thoracostomies and multiple units of low-titre O-positive whole blood during a prolonged multi-agency extrication — the blood came via the regional prehospital program supporting a physician response team
- Study type
- Case series
- Design
- Case report
- Participants
- One entrapped trauma patient
- Main finding
- Prolonged multi-agency rescue of an entrapped patient with advanced airway management, finger thoracostomies and multiple units of low-titre O-positive whole blood for haemorrhagic shock, using prehospital blood program stock redistributed to a physician response team
- Caveat
- Single case report; no outcome or comparative data
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). transferability — whole blood isn't carried by ACTAS (it is by QAS, AV, SJWA and NSWA); the extended-extrication field-care picture is worth reading for major-incident planning
Learning goal
Weigh the practical and logistical considerations of delivering whole blood transfusion during prolonged entrapment extrication in major trauma.
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- Topic: Trauma
- Daily scan: 22 September 2026
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