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Resident Journal Review: Massive Transfusion Protocols (MTPs) in Traumatic Hemorrhage

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1 The American College of Surgeons’ (ACS) Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) Massive Transfusion in Trauma Guidelines leave a good amount of flexibility for hospitals regarding transfusion protocols, focusing more on systems-level aspects of designing and implementing MTPs.2,3 in the 1:1:1 group vs. 17.0%

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ABG Versus VBG in the Emergency Department

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Louis); Marina Boushra, MD (EM-CCM, Cleveland Clinic Foundation); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case Emergency Medical Services brings in a 62-year-old male with COPD in acute on chronic hypoxemic respiratory failure (usually on 3 L nasal cannula, now on non-rebreather at 15 L/min).

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** **ACUTE MI/STEMI** **: Activate the cath lab if the patient has chest pain?

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When the Queen has some suspicion of OMI, she asks if the patient has ACS Symptoms. The emergency physician does cautiously (correctly) note that the ECG meets STEMI criteria in V3 and V4, but goes on to document absence of ACS symptoms. Pendell Meyers , Aaron E. PEARL #2: The above said Remember the rule of "N = 1".

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