Blood Products, Complications of Use
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First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Stop transfusion as soon as signs and symptoms of transfusion reaction appear.
- Make sure the patient is receiving the correct product.
- Visual inspection of recipient’s plasma
- Stop blood transfusion and transfer patient to ICU
- Airway, breathing and circulation (hemodynamic management)
- Crystalloid resuscitation
- Epinephrine, antihistamines and steroids
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First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Stop transfusion as soon as signs and symptoms of transfusion reaction appear.
- Make sure the patient is receiving the correct product.
- Visual inspection of recipient’s plasma
- Stop blood transfusion and transfer patient to ICU
- Airway, breathing and circulation (hemodynamic management)
- Crystalloid resuscitation
- Epinephrine, antihistamines and steroids
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