The video was prompted by a report earlier this year indicating that British hospitals were using tranexamic acid in only 3% of trauma patients eligible to receive it.
Ian Roberts, MD, head of the CRASH-2 team, told MedPage Today in an email that military leaders were quick to put the results into practice, with the British armed forces adopting them immediately and the Pentagon following suit a short time later.
"However, changing civilian medical care is another story even though the use of this cheap drug could save 140,000 lives per year," Roberts said. MedPage Today
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