%0 Journal Article %T Overview of Agents Used for Emergency Hemostasis %A Behnam Dalfardi %A Hadi Khoshmohabat %A Hossein Mohammad Kazemi %A Shahram Paydar %J Archive of "Trauma Monthly". %D 2016 %R 10.5812/traumamon.26023 %X In today¡¯s modern world, despite the multiple advances made in the field of medicine, hemorrhagic shock is still the main cause of battlefield mortality and the second most prevalent cause of mortality in civilian trauma. Hemostatic agents can play a key role in establishing hemostasis in prehospital situations and preventing hemorrhage-associated death. In this respect, this article aims to review different aspects of known hemostatic agents %K Emergencies %K Hemorrhage %K Hemostasis %K Wounds and Injuries %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4869418/