Core EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

link] ) Laboratory Evaluation: Clinical presentation and laboratory findings can help suggest TTP in the emergency department. Patients should undergo comprehensive work-up to rule out alternative causes of thrombocytopenia, evaluate for end-organ damage, and identify underlying infectious or autoimmune etiologies.

Plasma 246

Plasma Frozen Plasma Emergency Department FFP 246

Core EM

JANUARY 24, 2024

Anticoagulant Reversal Strategies in the Emergency Department Setting: Recommendations of a Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Ann Emerg Med. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S. Background Around 6 million people in the U.S.

FFP 130

FFP Frozen Plasma Plasma ALS 130

REBEL EM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01 patients that take ACE inhibitors (but 20-30% of all angioedema presentations to the Emergency Department) 3 times more common in Black Americans ( Kostis 2005 ) 0.01

Frozen Plasma 101

Frozen Plasma Allergic Reaction FFP Plasma 101

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Kirsty Challen is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Case: A 71-year-old man is brought to your emergency department (ED) by emergency medical serviced (EMS) having fallen two steps at home. years ( 2 ).

Frozen Plasma 130

Frozen Plasma FFP Emergency Medical Services Plasma 130

Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 30, 2023

You ask your anaesthetist to get ready to sedate or intubate depending on their status – Significant risk to the department – you make sure security is aware And your patient arrives. Ranulf is quite a sweet, round-faced boy, accompanied by his traumatised-looking mother as he is wheeled to your trauma bay.

E-9-1-1 139

E-9-1-1 FFP Plasma Emergency Department 139

EMDocs

JUNE 12, 2024

FFP and platelets also contain citrate. Ionised calcium levels in major trauma patients who received blood in the Emergency Department. Emerg Med J. Why is calcium important in trauma or critical illness? The normal concentration of ionized Ca is between 1.1 mmol/L to 1.3 grams of citrate per unit. 2011;70(2):391-397.

ALS 105

ALS FFP Plasma Emergency Department 105

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.”

Frozen Plasma 52

Frozen Plasma FFP ALS Plasma 52