American Association for the Surgery of Trauma/American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma: Clinical protocol for damage-control resuscitation for the adult trauma patient

J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2024 Mar 1;96(3):510-520. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004088. Epub 2023 Sep 12.

Abstract

Damage-control resuscitation in the care of critically injured trauma patients aims to limit blood loss and prevent and treat coagulopathy by combining early definitive hemorrhage control, hypotensive resuscitation, and early and balanced use of blood products (hemostatic resuscitation) and the use of other hemostatic agents. This clinical protocol has been developed to provide evidence-based recommendations for optimal damage-control resuscitation in the care of trauma patients with hemorrhage.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders* / etiology
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders* / therapy
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Hemorrhage / prevention & control
  • Hemostatics*
  • Humans
  • Resuscitation / methods
  • Surgeons*
  • Wounds and Injuries* / complications
  • Wounds and Injuries* / surgery

Substances

  • Hemostatics