| Transfusion has a long history as the only available lifesaving therapy for patients with exsanguinating hemorrhage and potentially fatal anemia. |
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| The opening shot of guardian Hakan exsanguinating a nameless teenager in the woods sets the tone. |
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| The finding of frank rupture of the aorta with exsanguinating hemorrhage is extremely uncommon among those patients reaching the hospital alive, and clearly represents an indication to urgent surgical repair. |
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| Conversely, it will be necessary to ensure that life saving interventions such as airway management, drainage of a tension pneumothorax or control of exsanguinating haemmorhage occur at the site that first treats the patient. |
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| Army Medical Department, Medical Research and Materiel Command, since mid-World War II, nearly 50 percent of combat deaths have been due to exsanguinating hemorrhage. |
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| Exsanguinating hemorrhage necessitating massive blood product transfusion is associated with high mortality rates. |
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