Civilian and military guidelines recommend early balanced transfusion to patients with life‐threatening bleeding to improve survival. To provide the best care to patients with hemorrhagic shock in regions with reduced… Click to show full abstract
Civilian and military guidelines recommend early balanced transfusion to patients with life‐threatening bleeding to improve survival. To provide the best care to patients with hemorrhagic shock in regions with reduced access to evacuation, blood preparedness must be ensured also on a municipal health care level. The primary aim of the Norwegian Blood Preparedness project is to enable rural hospitals, prehospital ambulance services, and municipal health care services to start early balanced blood transfusions for patients with life‐threatening bleeding regardless of etiology.
               
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