Major haemorrhage fatalities in the Australian national coronial database

ConclusionsMajor bleeding fatalities occurred across a diverse range of contexts, with trauma and gastrointestinal bleeding accounting for most deaths. The majority of patients did not survive to reach hospital. Major haemorrhage occurring entirely outside hospital may be underrecognised from analyses of datasets based primarily on traumatic or in‐hospital bleeding. These findings have implications for management of pre‐hospital resuscitation and development of clinical practice guidelines for identification and management of major bleeding in the community.

Source: Emergency Medicine Australasia - December 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Jacob S Gipson, Erica M Wood, Merrole F Cole ‐Sinclair, Zoe McQuilten, Neil Waters, Noel W Woodford Tags: Original Research Source Type: research