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Original Contributions

Continuum of Care: A Multiagency Approach to Seamless Warmed Prehospital Whole Blood Resuscitation of a Patient with Noncompressible Truncal Hemorrhage

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Pages 790-793 | Received 22 Feb 2022, Accepted 17 Jul 2022, Published online: 08 Aug 2022

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