Massive blood transfusion

Question	Answer
Haemorrhage	large flow of blood from a damaged blood vessel
Causes of haemorrhage	obstetric gastro post operative bleeds
Haemorrhage and traume - resus	haemostatic resus in context of skin, thoracic cavity, abdo cavity, pelvis, retropertoneum, long bones
Haemorrhagic shock	involved any quantity of acute blood loss that results in evidence of end organ hypoperfusion
Process of haemorrhagic that leads to death	lethal triad hypothermia, acidosis, coagulopathy
Coagulopathy	an imbalance of dynamic equilibrium between procoagulant factors, anticoagulant factors
Seven key factors of coagulapathy	tissue trauma, shock, haemodilution, hypothermia, acidaemia, inflammation, consumption of coagulation factors
Treatment principles	damage control of resuscitation early haemostatic resuscitation damage control surgery permissive hypotension
Haemostatic resuscitation key components include	permissive hypotention use of blood products over isotonic fluids early correction of coagulopathy

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