Prehospital Trauma Compendium: Tranexamic Acid in Trauma – A Joint Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP, ACEP, and ACS-COT
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Prehospital use of tranexamic acid (TXA) has grown substantially over the past decade despite contradictory evidence supporting its widespread use. Since the previous guidance document on the prehospital use of TXA for injured patients was published by the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians (NAEMSP), the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in 2016, new research has investigated outcomes of patients who receive TXA in the prehospital setting. To provide updated evidence-based guidance on the use of intravenous TXA for injured patients in the EMS setting, we performed a structured literature review and developed the following recommendations supported by the evidence summarized in the accompanying resource document.
Source: Prehospital Emergency Care
Authors: Whitney J. Barrett, Kevin A. Kaucher, Ross E. Orpet, Eric M. Campion, Jeffrey M. Goodloe, Peter E. Fischer, Christopher B. Colwell, John W. Lyng
Institutions: University of New Mexico, National Association of EMS Physicians, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Denver Health Medical Center, American College of Surgeons, American College of Emergency Physicians, University of Oklahoma, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of California, San Francisco, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, North Memorial Health Care
Language: English
Subfield: Biochemistry
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410091722