EM Cases · Anticoagulated trauma
Anticoagulated head injury — resus station
ACEM resus OSCE on parallel reversal with PCC and vitamin K, low-threshold CT, and DOAC agent-specific reverse.
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Prompt
Warfarin patient after ground-level fall with dropping GCS.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes.
References2ShowHide
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- [2]Pollack CV Jr, Reilly PA, Eikelboom J, et al. Idarucizumab for Dabigatran Reversal N Engl J Med, 2015.PMID 26095746