%0 Journal Article
%T The walking blood bank: an alternative blood supply in military mass casualties
%J Disaster management and response
%D 2003
%A Hrezo, Richard J.
%A Clark, J.
%V 1
%N 1
%P 19-22
%X Planning health care for unknown situations is inevitably difficult. This case demonstrates how the US Navy used the WBB to provide blood replacement in a hemorrhaging patient when no other source of blood was available. Although transfusion at sea is a rare event, the availability of a well-planned blood transfusion program prevented a fatality and ultimately returned a sailor to his ship. It was an excellent test of materials, process, and personnel.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Elsevier Publishing
%@ 1540-2487
%U http://dx.doi.org/