Early experience with transfusing low titer group O whole blood in the pre‐hospital setting in Israel

BACKGROUND The Israeli Defense Force Medical Corps (IDF‐MC) recently implemented the use of low titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) in the airborne combat search and rescue unit (CSAR) for both military and civilian patients during transport to definitive care. LTOWB is preferentially used by the CSAR...

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Published in:Transfusion (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2020-06, Vol.60 (S3), p.S10-S16
Main Authors: Nadler, Roy, Tsur, Avishai M., Yazer, Mark H., Shinar, Eilat, Moshe, Tzadok, Benov, Avi, Glassberg, Elon, Epstein, Danny, Chen, Jacob
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bleeding
Blood
Blood pressure
Coma
Early experience
Erythrocytes
Heart rate
Hemorrhage
Hemorrhagic shock
Immunoglobulin M
Motor vehicles
Patients
Resuscitation
Search and rescue
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Summary:BACKGROUND The Israeli Defense Force Medical Corps (IDF‐MC) recently implemented the use of low titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) in the airborne combat search and rescue unit (CSAR) for both military and civilian patients during transport to definitive care. LTOWB is preferentially used by the CSAR instead of red blood cell units and freeze‐dried plasma (FDP) for patients with signs of hemorrhagic shock. Ten percent of group O donors were eligible to donate LTOWB as they had anti‐A and ‐B IgM titers of
ISSN:0041-1132
1537-2995
DOI:10.1111/trf.15602