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Program Book

Blood is thicker than water: Current Strategies in Resuscitation (Trauma, Sepsis and Burns)

Sunday, May 7, 2023
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
Location: Count Basie A
CE: 1
Reference 1: Total Burn Care. Herndon, 4th Edition, Chapter 8 and 9

    Member Speaker(s)

  • Roy Danks, DO, FACOS

    Trauma Medical Director
    Southern Illinois Healthcare

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    Slides
Disclosure(s):
Roy Danks, DO, FACOS: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • describe the current state of blood product resuscitation in trauma patients
  • describe the use of crystalloids in the resuscitation of septic patients
  • describe the deleterious effects of crystalloids in resuscitation
  • describe lab markers that are useful in guiding resuscitation (Lactic acid, base deficit and thromboelastography)