Jeannie L Callum, Calvin H Yeh, Andrew Petrosoniak, Mark J McVey, Stephanie Cope, Troy Thompson, Victoria Chin, Keyvan Karkouti, Avery B Nathens, Kimmo Murto, Suzanne Beno, Jacob Pendergrast, Andrew McDonald, Russell MacDonald, Neill K J Adhikari, Asim Alam, Donald Arnold, Lee Barratt, Andrew Beckett, Sue Brenneman, Hina Razzaq Chaudhry, Allison Collins, Margaret Harvey, Jacinthe Lampron, Clarita Margarido, Amanda McFarlan, Barto Nascimento, Wendy Owens, Menaka Pai, Sandro Rizoli, Theodora Ruijs, Robert Skeate, Teresa Skelton, Michelle Sholzberg, Kelly Syer, Jami-Lynn Viveiros, Josee Theriault, Alan Tinmouth, Rardi Van Heest, Susan White, Michelle Zeller, Katerina Pavenski
BACKGROUND: A massive hemorrhage protocol (MHP) enables rapid delivery of blood components in a patient who is exsanguinating pending definitive hemorrhage control, but there is variability in MHP implementation rates, content and compliance owing to challenges presented by infrequent activation, variable team performance and patient acuity. The goal of this project was to identify the key evidence-based principles and quality indicators required to develop a standardized regional MHP...
July 2019: CMAJ Open