Multi organ failure and critical illness

Question 1

traumatic bleeding triad

Answer 1

hypothermia
acidosis
coagulopathy

becomes a vicious circle in severe bleeds
therefore bleeding patients very quickly go into balanced transfusions when they arrive in hospital

Question 2

acute coagulopathy of trauma

Answer 2

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234120899_Resuscitative_strategies_in_traumatic_hemorrhagic_shock

avoid increasing BP too high so that it will increase rate of bleeding

Question 3

email

Answer 3

sarah.platt@???

Question 4

brain vessels

Answer 4

vessels dilate in low BP and constrict at high BP to maintain constant flow rate
these mechanisms are disturbed at extremes of BP leading to reduced flow (low BP) or increased flow (high BP)