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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Prehospital Blood Transfusion
Prehospital Emergency Care seeks articles describing projects that focus on prehospital blood transfusion.
Special Issue Information:
Prehospital care of patients experiencing or at risk for hemorrhagic shock is critical in limiting preventable deaths and improving outcomes. While the last decade has seen a significant increase in the use of blood products in the prehospital setting, gaps remain in the understanding of optimal resource utilization, barriers to adoption, and patient-centered outcomes. This special issue of Prehospital Emergency Care aims to explore innovative approaches, best practices, and evidence-based strategies for the prehospital administration of blood products.
Topics of Interest:
We invite submissions on a wide range of topics related to prehospital blood transfusion, including but not limited to:
• Technology related to prehospital blood administration, including blood storage, blood tracking, blood administration, and diagnostics
• Safety of prehospital blood product transfusion
• Blood product sourcing, stewardship, and sustainability
• Adjunct therapies such as calcium administration
• Challenges with rural or austere EMS systems
• Reimbursement and/or cost-effectiveness
• Collaborative efforts with community stakeholders
• Blood product administration for specific patient populations such as pediatric patients or women of childbearing age
• Blood product administration for non-traumatic indications such as GI bleed
• Barriers to adoption, including regulatory, logistical, and economic challenges
• Administrative and clinical oversight of prehospital blood product transfusion
• Novel training and education initiatives
Submission Guidelines:
Authors are invited to submit original articles, reviews, quality improvement papers, and other scholarly contributions addressing the theme of the special issue. Unsolicited editorials and commentaries will NOT be considered. All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review to ensure scientific integrity and relevance to the scope of Prehospital Emergency Care.
Authors should use the “PEC Editor’s Suggested Template” available with the general instructions for authors, and should carefully adhere to the journal’s formatting, style and referencing requirements.
Authors are also encouraged to use the transfusion-related terminology recommended by NEMSIS and the Prehospital Blood Transfusion Initiative Coalition.
Manuscripts should follow the appropriate EQUATOR reporting guideline: CONSORT for randomized trials; STROBE for observational studies, SQUIRE for quality improvement initiatives; PRISMA for systematic reviews, etc.
Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal’s online submission system. Authors should indicate in their cover letter that the submission is for consideration in the special issue on “Prehospital Blood Transfusion.”
Submission Deadline:
For consideration in the Special Issue, submissions must be received by May 30, 2026 at 5 pm Eastern Time.
Contact Information:
For inquiries regarding the special issue, please contact the special issue editors Ben Smith and Lawrence Brown at [email protected] .
We look forward to receiving your contributions and advancing the understanding and practice of prehospital care for patients requiring blood transfusion.
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