Citation

Hrezo RJ, Clark J. Disaster Manage. Response 2003; 1(1): 19-22.

Affiliation

Anesthesia Department, Naval Hospital, 2080 Child St, Jacksonville, FL 32214-5000, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Emergency Nurses Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12688306

Abstract

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.

Language: en