Table 4 Adherence to the following quality standards may be assessed to evaluate the quality of care provided the bleeding trauma patient

Time from injury to the initiation of intervention to stop bleeding (surgery or embolisation) in hypotensive patients who do not respond to initial resuscitation

Time from hospital arrival to availability of a full set of blood results [full blood count, prothrombin time, fibrinogen, calcium, viscoelastic testing (if available)]

Proportion of patients receiving the correct treatment according to the blood results

Proportion of patients receiving tranexamic acid within 3 h after injury

Damage control surgical techniques used in accordance with recommendation R19

Thromboprophylaxis commenced in accordance with recommendation R37