Do you know what to do with the bleeding patient with hemophilia? This post provides key information on management of the hemophiliac.
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A patient walks into your ED with a shirt covered in blood. He’s actively vomiting. Your triage nurses quickly get him into a wheelchair and roll him back to one of your critical care booths. You have little time to act to stabilize this critically ill patient. What are your next steps?
Welcome to Part 2 of damage control resuscitation in the non-trauma center. How do you manage this difficult situation? Part 2 discusses several key considerations in the evaluation and management of the sick trauma patient.
We’re grateful to Mathew Miskimon, MD PhD for providing this morbidity and mortality (and improvement!) case from Janus General. Includes a nice discussion at the end on the systemic factors contributing to the outcome.
Mystery Bleed (M&M) Read More »