Patient Blood Management Archives

October 17, 2023October 17, 2023Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haematology, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

121 PBM Case discussion with Anastazia and Nolan part 3 blood is not an option.

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 3 of a 3 part series we have put together – 3 hypothetical cases involving anaemia / patient blood management scenarios. Thanks to the two […]

October 9, 2023Critical care, Haematology, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

120 PBM case discussion with Anastazia and Nolan part 2 postpartum anaemia

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of a 3 part series we have put together – 3 hypothetical cases involving anaemia / patient blood management scenarios. Thanks to the two […]

October 2, 2023October 2, 2023Haematology, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

119 PBM case discussion with Anastazia and Nolan part 1 preop anaemia

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 1 of a 3 part series we have put together – 3 hypothetical cases involving anaemia / patient blood management scenarios. Thanks to the two […]

April 11, 2019May 8, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Patient Blood Management

050 – Empiric massive transfusion protocols versus targeted blood product therapy.

Hi everyone, Recently Graeme and I were asked to help run a workshop here in WA for the ANZCA Emergency Response CPD programme – thanks for your help Graeme and […]

April 4, 2019April 8, 2019Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

048 – After hours critical cases discussion about assembling a good team and communication.

Hi Everyone, This week we have a great four person discussion around the importance of assembling the right team when confronted with a high risk complex case in the after […]

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

041 – Obstetric cell salvage an update, what only one suction, no filter and more with Dr Matt Rucklidge

Hi everyone, Welcome to part 2 of our series on cell salvage in obstetrics and gynaecology! Last week we had a great discussion on the basics of cell salvage and […]

September 24, 2018October 1, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management, Surgery

040 – Cell salvage basics for the person holding the sucker – with Cheryl Dane Stewart

Hi Everyone, Welcome to part 1 of a two part series on the use of cell salvage in obstetrics & gynaecology! This week Part 1 focuses on the basics of […]

May 14, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

025 – obstetric induced coagulopathy with Nolan McDonnell

You are in a peripheral hospital without onsite laboratory support after hours and you are involved in the care of a young parturient with uterine atony who has now bled […]

April 17, 2018April 18, 2018Anaesthesia, Critical care, Haemorrhage, Patient Blood Management

023 – Stored blood versus fresh salvaged blood

Hi Everyone, Congratulations & kudos Jeremy Hickey who correctly identified that this blood gas was a sample from a unit of stored allogeneic blood, sorry we don’t have any actual […]

March 14, 2018March 15, 2018Critical care, Haemorrhage, Obstetrics, Patient Blood Management

018 – Management of the obstetric patient for whom transfusion is not an option

(*Hypothetical Case) You are an obstetrician (or anaesthetist) and you work in a peripheral hospital in a metropolitan city. You are not on call but despite this you get woken […]