The evolving role of lyophilized plasma in remote damage control resuscitation in the French Armed Forces Health Service

摘要

The French Military Blood Institute (Centre de Transfusion Sanguine des Armees [CTSA]) was created after World War II by Jean Juliard, a military physician. The primary mission of this institute has been to support transfusion in overseas operations and in military medical centers. This includes production of blood products, provision of transfusion advice 24 hours a day, hemovigilance, and blood traceability.1 In addition, CTSA is an immunohematology laboratory, a training center for transfusion practices in overseas operations, an institute of cell and tissue therapy, and a blood and skin research institute.