3 May 2024 (Friday) - BTLP-TACT Exercise

Time for another BTLP-TACT…

I was given two cases

 

13081 – a seventy-four year-old chap in theatre with the dreaded AAA needing six units of blood within two hours

He grouped as O Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen

I issued six units of O Rh(D) Positive blood.

39198 – a sixty-eight year-old chap in theatre needing four FFP and two cryo

He also grouped as O Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.

I issued four units of O Rh(D) Positive FFP and two units of O Rh(D) Positive cryo… on the understanding that any arguments about suitability had already been argued as policy is never to refuse a request.

 

I was frankly amazed to see I got the green light.