Time for another
BTLP-TAXT exercise. I was presented with one case – a nineteen year old woman
in theatre.
She
grouped as B Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.
I got the
green light.
This is (supposed to be) a reflective diary by a (not very) anonymous biomedical scientist who works somewhere in the south of England. One day this diary may well be submitted to the Health and Care Professions Council as evidence of ongoing continual professional development....
2 July 2024 (Tuesday) - Fritsma Factor Update
The
Fritsma Factor update appeared in my in-box today. You can read it by
clicking here. Unlike previous instalments this one was rather dull, but
all good background reading if nothing else.
2 July 2024 (Tuesday) - BTLP TACT Exercise
Time for
another BTLP-TACT exercise. I had one case – a forty-four year-old chap with
appendicitis requiring group and save.
He
grouped as O Rh(D) Positive with a negative antibody screen.
I got the
green light.
1 July 2024 (Monday) - Learning Monday
Learning Monday…. Thrombocytopenia with apparently normal megakaryocytes
in the bone marrow? Immune
thrombocytopenia.
I quite
like these little exercises. Especially when I get them right…
26 June 2024 (Wednesday) - Westgard QC Update
The nice
people at Westgard sent their update today. You can read it by
clicking here. It’s a tad dry, but it’s the sort of thing that is relevant to
what we do every day.
25 June 2024 (Tuesday) - Transfusion Evidence Alert
The Transfusion
Evidence Alert email arrived in my in-box this morning.
Back in
the day the worst thing that you could do with a bag of platelets was to stick
it in the fridge. Now this is being encouraged.
And
transfusion volumes – one unit transfusions were a no-no. Now one unit is the
amount most people seem to have.
One thing
I’ve found over the years is that what is terrible practice at one moment becomes
standard practice the next.
ARTICLE OF THE MONTH Andexanet for factor Xa inhibitor-associated acute intracerebral hemorrhage. +++++ |
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