Emergency Medicine Ireland

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Read More » Welcome back to the tasty morsels of critical care podcast. Theoretically giving them FFP while waiting on PLEX seems like it might be sensible but in reality probably does nothing when the autoantibodies are still around.

Critical Care 40

Critical Care Plasma FFP ICU 40

Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Renal injury: isolated proteinuria or hematuria, moderate acute kidney injury with serum creatinine levels <2 mg/dL Skin: petechiae and purpura Despite severe thrombocytopenia, clinically significant bleeding is rare Figure 1.

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Plasma Frozen Plasma Emergency Department FFP 246

Critical Care Scenarios

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Point of care labs are a little better. Continue to use a balanced ratio unless you can use TEG to guide FFP and platelets.* Our 1st anniversary episode! Takeaway lessons * In an ideal world, penetrating abdominal trauma in an unstable patient would proceed directly to the OR with no delay by the ED. 2 grams is an option too.)

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FFP Critical Care ED OR 100

EMDocs

JUNE 22, 2024

A) Amniotic fluid embolism B) Eclampsia C) Placental abruption D) Pulmonary embolism Answer: A Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but potentially fatal complication of pregnancy. AFE should be considered in a patient who experiences cardiorespiratory collapse during labor or shortly thereafter.

EMS 111

EMS FFP Ambulance ICU 111

Critical Care Scenarios

DECEMBER 6, 2023

FFP is usually not given prophylactically. . * Livers can now be placed on warm perfusion pumps, allowing continued viability for much longer. This is mainly used in donors who died from cardiac death, those with high BMI or similar risks for primary non-function (i.e. Incision is a large right subcostal incision, extended as needed.

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FFP OR 130

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Fresh frozen plasma, or FFP, should only be given to cirrhotic patients as part of the massive transfusion protocol in cases of profound hypotension, as “patients with cirrhosis rarely have true enzymatic hypocoagulability, and FFP may worsen bleeding due to over-resuscitation and dilution of coagulation factors.”

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Frozen Plasma FFP ALS Plasma 52

EMDocs

MARCH 18, 2025

Warfarin: vitamin K 10 mg IV and PCC or FFP. Fibrinogen level < 150 mg/dL: cryoprecipitate or fibrinogen concentrate (not FFP). Fibrinogen level < 150 mg/dL: cryoprecipitate or fibrinogen concentrate (not FFP). Prior to current therapies, mortality rates ranged between 50-100%. Imaging: Start with bedside chest x-ray.

E-9-1-1 81

E-9-1-1 FFP Critical Care ALS 81