Don't Forget the Bubbles

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

E.g. burns, neurosurgery, interventional radiology. Fluid Resuscitation in Trauma In trauma where the cause of shock is most likely to be haemorrhagic, fluid resuscitation should ideally be with blood products – replacing losses. These should be given as boluses of 5-10ml/kg.

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Pediatric Emergency Playbook

MARCH 1, 2016

On arrival, he was in compensated shock, with tachycardia. The Trauma Death Spiral Lethal triad of hypothermia, acidosis, and coagulopathy. Adults tolerate hypotension relatively well, and is sufficient until we send them to the OR or interventional radiology suite. He decompensates and needs blood.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These definitions include blood loss of 40 mL/kg over 24 hours, transfusion of ≥50% of total blood volume in 3 hours, transfusion of 100% of total blood volume in 24 hours, and bleeding with clinical signs of hypovolaemic shock that is unlikely to be controlled. How do we prevent hypothermia? What is the ‘diamond of death’?

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Taming the SRU

JUNE 6, 2023

mg/kg of IBW Seek to match a patient's minute ventilation with TV and RR after intubation Intentionally match patient's intrinsic RR noted prior to intubation Note that healthy lungs can handle 8 mL/kg, based on IBW, if that is useful for compensation Secure your ETT Thomas Tube Holder is a new ETT holder on Air Care for ETT down to size 6.5

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