Call for papers - Hemorrhage control in trauma

Guest Editor

Pradeep Harkison Navsaria, MBChB, MMed, FCS, HPCSA, FACS, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 15 July 2025

BMC Emergency Medicine is calling for submissions to our Collection, Hemorrhage control in trauma. Hemorrhage control in trauma is a critical aspect of emergency medicine, particularly in the context of severe injuries and military medicine. Effective management of point-of-injury hemorrhage, non-compressible hemorrhage, and deep vascular injuries is essential for improving patient outcomes and reducing mortality. Research in this field encompasses the development and evaluation of hemostatic agents, novel techniques for hemorrhage control, and the impact of trauma care protocols on patient survival.

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Meet the Guest Editor

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Pradeep Harkison Navsaria, MBChB, MMed, FCS, HPCSA, FACS, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Pradeep Harkison Navsaria is the Deputy Director and Specialist Trauma Surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital, home to one of the busiest trauma centers in the region. Renowned for its excellence in patient care and training, the Groote Schuur Hospital Trauma Centre has gained an international reputation. Professor Navsaria's special interests include civilian penetrating trauma, negative pressure wound therapy, temporary abdominal wall closure, and the non-operative management of penetrating abdominal, vascular, and neck trauma. He is also deeply committed to surgical education at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His contributions to the field have earned him numerous accolades, including the Distinguished Teacher’s Award from the University of Cape Town in 2018.

About the Collection

BMC Emergency Medicine is calling for submissions to our Collection, Hemorrhage control in trauma. Hemorrhage control in trauma is a critical aspect of emergency medicine, particularly in the context of severe injuries and military medicine. Effective management of point-of-injury hemorrhage, non-compressible hemorrhage, and deep vascular injuries is essential for improving patient outcomes and reducing mortality. Research in this field encompasses the development and evaluation of hemostatic agents, novel techniques for hemorrhage control, and the impact of trauma care protocols on patient survival.

Advancing our collective understanding of hemorrhage control in trauma is crucial for enhancing the standard of care for injured individuals, both in civilian and military settings. Recent advances have focused on the development of advanced hemostatic agents, such as chitosan-based dressings and fibrin sealants, which have shown promising results in controlling hemorrhage. Additionally, research has emphasized the importance of rapid and effective point-of-injury interventions to mitigate non-compressible hemorrhage and deep vascular injuries, ultimately improving patient outcomes.

We invite contributions that examine a wide range of topics relating to hemorrhage control in trauma, including but not limited to:

Point-of-injury hemorrhage control, including tourniquets and Foley catheter balloon tamponade
Non-compressible hemorrhage, managed with front-room thoracotomy, REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta), and interventional radiology
Deep vascular injuries
Trauma and military medicine
Hemostatic agents
Damage control vascular surgery, including intra-vascular shunting and ligation of veins and arteries
Vascular exposures, typically represented visually (images over text)
Damage control resuscitation, including the use of whole blood, newer blood products, reversal agents (e.g., NOAC reversal), and the role of TEG/ROTEM

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Hemorrhage control in trauma" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.