Citation

Danford JR. Mil. Med. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

10.1093/milmed/usad483

PMID

38140985

Abstract

The use of blood transfusion to treat hemorrhagic shock is a relatively new treatment with its origins in World War I. Due to the severity and nature of injuries seen, World War I provided the stimulus to propel medicine forward and accept whole blood transfusion for the trauma patient.

Language: en