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. 2017 Apr 15;7(2):17–26.

Table 10.

Mortality of matched civilian patients transported by helicopter with prehospital blood available

Life flight service Other air service p-value

PHTX available PHTX not available
Number of patients 716 169
Scene hypotension 14% 15% 0.855
Injury severity score 22 22 0.998
Prehospital transfusion 137 (19%) 0 (0%) < 0.0001
30-day mortality 22% 21% 0.626
24-hour mortality 14% 13% 0.529
Massive transfusion 8% 12% 0.133

PHTX, Prehospital blood products transfusion.