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ToxCard: Iron

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2 This requirement was ultimately removed in 2003, however iron related exposures and deaths have stayed low. Aggressive fluid resuscitation as patients may be severely hypovolemic from GI symptoms. Blood transfusion for clinically significant blood loss. Basic assessment: airway, breathing, circulation.

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Episode 16: “Blood”

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Prehospital Blood Product Resuscitation for Trauma. Shorter times to packed red blood cell transfusion are associated with decreased risk of death in traumatically injured patients. Penn-Barwell JG, Roberts SA, Midwinter MJ, Bishop JR: Improved survival in UK combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan: 2003-2012.