Posted on Apr 15, 2016
ASBP: Army Blood Program Uses Low-Titer Type O Whole Blood for Combat Operations
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This fantastic news and glad to see our program catching on.
ASBP: Army Blood Program Uses Low-Titer Type O Whole Blood for Combat Operations
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Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC)
Combat Medic
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68W: Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Combat Medic Medic Flight Medic 68W: Healthcare Specialist (Combat Medic)
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Hey I sure wouldn't turn it down. An actual transfusion could be much more helpful then hextend.
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SPC (Join to see) - I see where your coming from and I can only base my opinion off what I know and learned about hextend, but I'd just rather have blood to push rather than a risk of blowing a clot by pushing way too much when I'm outside of the wire.
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MAJ (Join to see)
SPC (Join to see) -Anyone who says no to either fresh whole blood or stored whole blood is ignorant (uninformed) about evidence based medicine, TCCC, and current capabilities. Any clear liquid whether it be normal saline or Hextend/colloids will kill your patients faster than you can save them. Giving nothing is better than given clear fluids. Please research current protocols before giving advice to younger medics.
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For those that would like to read up on whole blood and current evidence: rdcr.org and https://prolongedfieldcare.org/2015/08/03/tactical-damage-control-resuscitation/.
Tactical Damage Control Resuscitation
This article is a nice review of where we are (U.S. – and Norwegian – SOF) now in implementing a FWB program. It also gives good background and a simple algorithm of when to pull the tr…
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SPC (Join to see) - I have no idea why you would turn this down. Hextend kills people. It makes koolaid. Having blood is the answer.
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