TY - JOUR
T1 - National blood shortage
T2 - A call to action from the trauma community
AU - Stein, Deborah M.
AU - Upperman, Jeffrey S.
AU - Livingston, David H.
AU - Andrews, Jennifer
AU - Bulger, Eileen M.
AU - Cohen, Mitchell Jay
AU - Eastridge, Brian J.
AU - Fontaine, Magali J.
AU - Guillamondegui, Oscar
AU - Hess, John R.
AU - Jenkins, Donald H.
AU - Kaups, Krista L.
AU - Nance, Michael L.
AU - Spinella, Philip C.
AU - Zarzaur, Ben L.
AU - Zonies, David
AU - Coimbra, Raul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - On January 22, 2022, the American Red Cross declared its first-ever Blood Crisis and began to decrease the delivery of blood to health care facilities.1 Due to low donation rates and staffing shortages, other blood suppliers were also experiencing a limited supply of blood products. Because of a potential impact on patient care, a National Task Force was convened comprised of blood bank physicians and administrators, trauma surgeons, experts in disaster planning, and representatives from federal agencies. Although many specialties in medicine utilize blood products to care for their patients, trauma surgeons are uniquely sensitive to perturbations in the blood supply. They rely on the ability to transfuse blood products, often in high volumes emergently. Therefore, the genesis of this group was trauma-focused, but the conclusions and recommendations may be broadly applicable.
AB - On January 22, 2022, the American Red Cross declared its first-ever Blood Crisis and began to decrease the delivery of blood to health care facilities.1 Due to low donation rates and staffing shortages, other blood suppliers were also experiencing a limited supply of blood products. Because of a potential impact on patient care, a National Task Force was convened comprised of blood bank physicians and administrators, trauma surgeons, experts in disaster planning, and representatives from federal agencies. Although many specialties in medicine utilize blood products to care for their patients, trauma surgeons are uniquely sensitive to perturbations in the blood supply. They rely on the ability to transfuse blood products, often in high volumes emergently. Therefore, the genesis of this group was trauma-focused, but the conclusions and recommendations may be broadly applicable.
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U2 - 10.1097/TA.0000000000003715
DO - 10.1097/TA.0000000000003715
M3 - Article
C2 - 35610747
AN - SCOPUS:85136387411
SN - 2163-0755
VL - 93
SP - E119-E122
JO - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
JF - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
IS - 3
ER -