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Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
; 161: D1201, 2017.
Artigo
em Holandês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28488554
RESUMO
- 3,500 people die of injuries in the Netherlands every year; 40% of the deaths are attributable to bleeding.- Treatment of patients with life-threatening blood loss is part of the trauma care continuum: all the way from incident to hospital treatment.- This article presents an overview of all treatment options for stopping life-threatening external blood loss, divided in medical assistance phases. It also makes a distinction between different types of care providers, based on the presence or absence of their medical skills.