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Working with the trauma research team at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital and scientists at the University of Birmingham, MAAC is participating in the Golden Hour study. This pioneering research project analyses blood samples taken from trauma patients by MAAC. By obtaining pre-hospital samples within the first 60 minutes following injury, researchers can identify new markers, which may help clinicians to identify at-risk patients for trauma-related complications during their clinical care in hospital.
RePHILL is a multi-centre randomised control trial that compares the use of blood products (packed red cells and freeze-dried plasma) at the incident scene, as opposed to the hospital environment.
With assistance from trained local volunteers are assisting our aircrew by using coloured light units, which are rapidly deployed in an emergency to mark a safe landing area and identify hazards so that our helicopters are able to land after official nightfall.
