| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
| BCT | blood component therapy |
| CFC | coagulation factor concentrates |
| CSWB | cold-stored whole blood |
| E-FIT1 | Early-Fibrinogen In Trauma 1 |
| FEISTY | Fibrinogen Early In Severe Trauma study |
| FiiRST | Fibrinogen in the initial Resuscitation of Severe Trauma |
| FinTIC | European prehospital Fibrinogen in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy |
| GD BCT | goal-directed blood component therapy |
| ISS | injury severity score |
| iTACTIC | Treatment Algorithms for the Correction of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy |
| LTLR | low-titer, leukocyte-reduced |
| LTOWB | low-titer group O whole blood |
| MT | massive transfusion |
| MTP | massive transfusion protocol |
| PCC | prothrombin complex concentrate |
| PLT | platelet |
| PPH | potentially preventable hemorrhage |
| PPOWER | Pragmatic, Prehospital, Type O, Whole Blood Early Resuscitation |
| PRBC | packed red blood cells |
| PROPPR | Pragmatic, Randomized Optimal Platelet and Plasma Ratios |
| RCT | Randomized control trial |
| RETIC | Reversal of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy |
| ROTEM | rotational thromboelastometry |
| STORHM | Sang Total pour la Reanimation des Hemorragies Massives |
| SWAT | Shock, Whole Blood, and Assessment of TBI |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TEG | thromboelastography |
| THOR | Trauma Hemostasis and Oxygenation Research |
| TIC | trauma-induced coagulopathy |
| VET | viscoelastic test |
| WB | whole blood |
| WFWB | warm fresh whole blood |