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Steve Schauer, DO, MS 👨🏻⚕️🚑 🪖| PGY14 | Emergency Medicine | Critical Care | US Army | ALERT Lab Director | Instagram @armyemdoc | (my opinions only)
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29-01-2021 03:39:05
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Big news from Octapharma receiving an EUA for military use of their dried plasma into every military medics' aid bag. This was just released last week. Once they have full regulatory approval we can get this into every EMS rig in the country. This would be a game changer
I've received a number of questions about Traumagel from Cresilon, Inc.. Here's my two cents based on what's public so far: -This was FDA cleared, NOT FDA approved. There's a difference. It went through the 510k pathway, which means it was cleared as a device and not as a drug.
More on the topic of calcium derangements from trauma... In this study, we looked at the proportion of major trauma activations at UT Health San Antonio that were hypocalcemic on arrival. Out of 1981, 44% were hypocalcemic on arrival. Here are a few things to note: -Adjusted survival
Are early blood products for traumatic hemorrhage associated with DVT and PE? In our study published this month in AmJSurgery, we analyzed adults that survived at least 24h and received any volume of product. We found that both whole blood and platelets were associated with
The recent EUA granted by the U.S. FDA for military use of OctaplasLG is a huge win for the Department of Defense 🇺🇸 Check out my interview with Joshua Skovlund in Task & Purpose on why this is so important for prehospital military use. taskandpurpose.com/military-life/… #emergency
When resuscitating, can you dabble in whole blood, or do you need to go all in? This paper by Andrew D. Fisher in AmJSurgery this month sought to answer that. He looked at increasing fractions of whole blood as a proportion of total products administered in adults. After adjusting
Congratulations to Octapharma Plasma on their FDA emergency use authorization for freeze-dried plasma. The potential impact for our injured warfighters and civilian communities is incredible and we look forward to future collaborations and the delivery of this critical solution!
Our CALCIUM study is nearing completion (enrollment done, data extraction pending). Susannah Nicholson presented these finds at #MHSRS. We've captured >600 patients with an arrival calcium and ~300 with serial calcium over 24h (or death). The bottom line - the Goldilocks effect
A lot of talk of emergency department REBOA, but how many places are actually using it? Is it that widespread? Hamza Hanif sought to answer that question using TQIP data from the American College of Surgeons with his paper hot off the press in AmJSurgery. Bottom line: Most centers have
Consider this. You need to establish IV access in a patient but have had no luck starting a line. A research team from SAFD and Healthcare, Innovation & Sciences Centre published a paper on "Graduated Access for Hypotensive Patients (GAHP)." It's the use of an IO to obtain IV access. Before you get