Research Article, Analg Resusc Curr Res Vol: 2 Issue: 2
Effects of Fluid Resuscitation when BleedArrest is used for Hemorrhage Control
| Don Johnson1*, Brian Gegel2, James Burgert1, Anna Brennan1, Mark Francis1, Hasmin Nales1, Hernandez Perez1, Sabine Johnson1 and Michael Loughren3 | |
| 1US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia, USA | |
| 2Veteran Anesthesia Services, USA | |
| 3Anesthesia Nursing, Madigan Healthcare System, USA | |
| Corresponding author : Don Johnson Building 1394, 3490 Forage Road, Fort Sam Houston, 78234, US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA Tel: 210-849-7364 Fax: 210-295-7141 E-mail: arthurjohnson@gmail.com |
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| Received: August 16, 2013 Accepted: October 07, 2013 Published: October 11, 2013 | |
| Citation: Johnson D, Gegel B, Burgert J, Brennan A, Francis M, et al. (2013) Effects of Fluid Resuscitation when BleedArrest is used for Hemorrhage Control. Analg Resusc: Curr Res 2:2. doi:10.4172/2324-903X.1000108 |
Abstract
Effects of Fluid Resuscitation when BleedArrest is used for Hemorrhage Control
Trauma is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in both the civilian and military populations with uncontrolled hemorrhage as the major cause of death. Studies indicate hypotension secondary to hemorrhage usually follows with deleterious consequences. Specifically, trauma patients with isolated systolic hypotension (< 90 mm Hg) have up to 54 % mortality. In Vietnam, an estimated 40% of soldiers who died of exsanguination had a source of hemorrhage that may have been controlled by hemostatic measures. In the recent conflicts of Iraq and Afghanistan, uncontrolled hemorrhage accounted for almost 50% of the battlefield deaths prior to evacuation.
