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Coagulopathy and Trauma
- When resuscitating a trauma patient recall that the "lethal triad" consists of acidosis, hypothermia, and coagulopathy
- Coagulopathy is induced by the combination of direct loss of clotting factors, consumption in clot formation, dilutional due to crystalloid administration, acidosis, and hypothermia
- When giving PRBCs in trauma resuscitation, don't forget to give FFP
- The ratio to remember is 1U of FFP for every 2U PRBCs