title: The walking blood bank: an alternative blood supply in military mass casualties.
abstract: Planning health care for unknown situations is inevitably difficult. This case demonstrates how the US Navy used the WBB to provide blood replacement in a hemorrhaging patient when no other source of blood was available. Although transfusion at sea is a rare event, the availability of a well-planned blood transfusion program prevented a fatality and ultimately returned a sailor to his ship. It was an excellent test of materials, process, and personnel.
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia Department, Naval Hospital, 2080 Child St, Jacksonville, FL 32214-5000, USA.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hrezo
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D001771:Blood Banks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001782:Blood Donors; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States