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Jose Salinas

Researcher at United States Department of the Army

Publications -  131
Citations -  5145

Jose Salinas is an academic researcher from United States Department of the Army. The author has contributed to research in topics: Resuscitation & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 117 publications receiving 4729 citations. Previous affiliations of Jose Salinas include University of Texas at San Antonio & University of Texas System.

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Survival with emergency tourniquet use to stop bleeding in major limb trauma.

TL;DR: Tourniquet use when shock was absent was strongly associated with saved lives, and prehospital use was also stronglyassociated with lifesaving.
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The ratio of fibrinogen to red cells transfused affects survival in casualties receiving massive transfusions at an army combat support hospital.

TL;DR: In patients with combat-related trauma requiring massive transfusion, the transfusion of an increased fibrinogen: RBC ratio was independently associated with improved survival to hospital discharge, primarily by decreasing death from hemorrhage.
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Practical Use of Emergency Tourniquets to Stop Bleeding in Major Limb Trauma. Discussion

TL;DR: The most effective tourniquets were the Emergency Medical Tourniquet (92%) and the Combat Application Tournique (79%) as discussed by the authors, and there was no apparent association of total tournique time and morbidity.
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Practical use of emergency tourniquets to stop bleeding in major limb trauma.

TL;DR: Morbidity risk was low, and there was a positive risk benefit ratio in light of the survival benefit, and education for early military tourniquet use should continue.