Thread by @HermelinMD

🅰️🅱️🅾️🆎#Blooducation colleagues: Fantastic new @bloodbankguy 🎧podcast with Dr. Mark Yazer on the topic of Whole Blood in Trauma Resuscitation discussing benefits and safety, and review of many important published trials. Listen now --> BBGuy.org/091.

https://twitter.com/bloodbankguy/status/1400165159956451330

Dr. Yazer explains some major benefits of #wholeblood. Balanced resuscitation in just 👜ONE bag, making logistics so much easier. There are fewer donor exposures and less additives & anticoagulants. Additionally, cold stored platelets are "primed for coagulation activity"

In 2018, 31rst @AABB Standards indicates that the definition of “low titer” shall be made locally by each transfusion service, and that policy specifies which patients are eligible to receive whole blood, the maximum quantity of how to monitor for adverse events post transfusion.

Transitioning from #wholeblood to component therapy (PLT, FFP, Cryo) during #TraumaResucitation can be supported through thromboelastography. Getting a sense of bleeding defects through these studies can lead to a more tailored-made approach to resuscitation.

Finally, Dr. Yazer how it's time to reconsider the risks of transfusing RhD negative females of childbearing potential with RhD positive red blood cells in bleeding emergencies. ⚖️Benefits outweigh risks.
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If you are transfusing whole blood or thinking about it, make sure to listen to this jammed packed @bloodbankguy podcast that covers up to date research and knowledge you need to know on the topic --> BBGuy.org/091 💡🩸You will learn a lot!