Background Major haemorrhage is a clinical emergency that results in morbidity and
mortality: practice guidance is important to reduce these risks. Delayed recognition of …

Mass casualty events (MCE) are an infrequent occurrence to most daily healthcare systems
however these incidents are the causation for new hospital preparedness and the …

Transfusion support is a key enabler to the response to mass casualty events (MCEs).
Transfusion demand and capability planning should be an integrated part of the medical …

Abstract In Disaster Relief Operations (DRO), very often a lack of integration of the blood
supply chain results in increased costs and higher blood shortage levels. This paper …

BACKGROUND The deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history occurred on
October 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, killing 58 and overwhelming hospitals with more than 600 …

Timely and adequate provision of blood following mass casualty events (MCEs) is critical to
reducing mortality rates amongst casualties transported to hospital following an event …

Abstract Background Mass casualty incidents (MCIs) create an immediate surge in blood
product demand. We hypothesize local inventories in major US cities would not meet this …

Abstract Objectives To present Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
(EPRR) guidance for Hospital Transfusion Teams on behalf of the National Blood …

Methods: Cross-sectional survey data of on-hand blood products were collected from 16 US
level-1 TCs. A discrete event simulation model of a TC was developed based on historic …

Background: Several research priority-setting studies have been conducted in different
countries, including the Islamic Republic of Iran. Aims: We conducted a systematic review …