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When persons who are severely injured during car accidents or truck accidents have to be rushed to the hospital, they lose valuable time during which the chances of succumbing to their injuries actually increase. If they are given blood transfusions during the time that they are en route to the hospital, their chances of recovery could significantly increase.Those are the findings of a new study that was recently presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association.
According to the study, administering blood transfusions to people who are severely injured while they are on their way to the hospital could help save their lives. The research focused on 97 patients who had suffered severe injuries, and had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance. These people had received blood transfusions of either red blood cells or plasma before they arrived at the hospital. The progress of these patients and their recovery rates were compared with the progress of patients who did not receive any transfusions on the way to the hospital.
The researchers found in their analysis that persons who received blood plasma transfusions were approximately 8% less likely to succumb to their injuries within six hours after reaching the hospital, compared to the other group that did not receive the blood transfusions. The persons in the transfusion group also had a 13% higher likelihood of surviving till it was time to get discharged from the hospital. According to the researchers, trauma is a leading cause of fatality among people above the age of 44. Such trauma usually results during multivehicle accidents, severe car, truck and motorcycle accidents and other accidents where there is a potential of death.
