Damage control resuscitation of massive hemorrhage: The key to saving the combat casualties / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Combat casualties can be divided into two types,i.e.,non-survivable (NS) and potentially survivable (PS).According to the data of US army,massive hemorrhage constituted 90.98％ of the potentially survivable casualties,and the most important thing to improve the ability of casualty care is hemorrhage control.In this article,the strategies and techniques of damage control resuscitation like surgical hemorrhage control techniques of non-compressive hemorrhage (NCH) in torso and junctional area,the damage control identification of the injured,field transfusion process and fresh whole blood infusion in tactical level and emergency phase were comprehensively illustrated.