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Damage Control Resuscitation

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The most common cause of death from all causes of trauma is haemorrhage. Within the UK it accounts 40% of all deaths from trauma and for 80% of deaths in the operating theatre [1]. It remains the leading preventable cause of trauma-related death and the most frequent reason for death within the first hour of injury [2]. A similar picture has been seen in the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan with the majority of deaths from ballistic and blast injury occurring within the first hour [3]. The most common preventable cause of death being from exsanguination due to uncontrollable haemorrhage [4].

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    Damian Keene

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  3. Department Military Anaesthesia, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Institute Research & Development, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Damian Keene

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Keene, D. (2017). Damage Control Resuscitation. In: Breeze, J., Penn-Barwell, J., Keene, D., O'Reilly, D., Jeyanathan, J., Mahoney, P. (eds) Ballistic Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61364-2_11

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