title: Waste of a precious resource?
authors.affiliation: Accident and Emergency Department, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Gorman
mesh_terms: D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004739:England; D006491:Hemothorax / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*