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Use of Walking Blood Bank at Point of Injury During Combat Operations. A Case Report Gaddy M et Al. J Spec Oper Med. Winter 2021;21(4):94-98   The US Military Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines recommend blood products as the preferred means of fluid resuscitation in trauma patients;, however, most combat units do not receive blood products prior to executing combat operations. This is largely due to logistical limitations in both blood supply and transfusion equipment. Further, the vast majority of medics are not trained in transfusion protocol. For many medics, the...