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Impact of Prehospital Exsanguinating Airway-Breathing-Circulation Resuscitation Sequence on Patients with Severe Hemorrhage.
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Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2563-9021) . Apr2024, Vol. 238 Issue 4, p367-375. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: At the 2023 ATLS symposium, the priority of circulation was emphasized through the "x-airway-breathing-circulation (ABC)" sequence, where "x" stands for exsanguinating hemorrhage control. With growing evidence from military and civilian studies supporting an x-ABC approach to trauma care, a prehospital advanced resuscitative care (ARC) bundle emphasizing early transfusion was developed in our emergency medical services (EMS) system. We hypothesized that prioritization of prehospital x-ABC through ARC would reduce in-hospital mortality. STUDY DESIGN: This was a single-year prospective analysis of patients with severe hemorrhage. These patients were combined with our institution's historic controls before prehospital blood implementation. Included were patients with systolic blood pressure (SBP) less than 90 mmHg. Excluded were patients with penetrating head trauma or prehospital cardiac arrest. Two-to-one propensity matching for x-ABC to ABC groups was conducted, and the primary outcome, in-hospital mortality, was compared between groups. RESULTS: A total of 93 patients (x-ABC = 62, ABC = 31) met the inclusion criteria. There was no difference in patient age, sex, initial SBP, initial Glasgow Coma Score, and initial shock index between groups. When compared with the ABC group, x-ABC patients had significant improvement in vitals at emergency department admission. Overall mortality was lower in the x-ABC group (13% vs 47%, p < 0.001). Multivariable regression revealed that prehospital circulation-first prioritization was independently associated with decreased in-hospital mortality (odds ratio 0.15, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.54, p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS: This is the first analysis to demonstrate a prehospital survival benefit of x-ABC in this subset of patient with severe injury and hemorrhagic shock. Standardization of prehospital x-ABC management in this patient population warrants special consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEMORRHAGIC shock treatment
*HEMORRHAGE treatment
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*SEX distribution
*EMERGENCY medicine
*RESUSCITATION
*TREATMENT effectiveness
*HOSPITAL mortality
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*CHI-squared test
*MANN Whitney U Test
*MULTIVARIATE analysis
*AGE distribution
*GLASGOW Coma Scale
*LONGITUDINAL method
*ODDS ratio
*BLOOD circulation
*STATISTICS
*CALCIUM chloride
*BLOOD transfusion
*HOSPITAL health promotion programs
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*DATA analysis software
*SYSTOLIC blood pressure
*TRANEXAMIC acid
*TREATMENT delay (Medicine)
*EVALUATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25639021
- Volume :
- 238
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2563-9021)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176855445
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/XCS.0000000000000956