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Prof Simon Carley
@emmanchester.bsky.social
Consultant in Adult and Paed Emergency medicine.

PHEM consultant at NWAA.

Major Trauma consultant.

Dean of RCEM.

Prof at MAHSC (UoM) and Man Met.

BASICS doctor

Associate Dean NW

#foamed @stemlyns.bsky.social
Thanks Matey 😀
April 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Reposted by Prof Simon Carley
Simon Carley @emmanchester.bsky.social did a nice breakdown of the issues with how the paper was widely misinterpreted, and does in fact shows a mortality benefit from prehospital TXA.

(also, hi Simon!)

www.stemlynsblog.org/the-patch-tr...
The PATCH trial. TXA in major trauma
Is tranexamic acid (TXA) useful in traumatic bleeding? A review of the PATCXH trial published in the NEJM.
www.stemlynsblog.org
March 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Yep. If you look at the supplemental materials there are good descriptions of just how variable it is
February 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yep. We talk about that and the paper has some quite detailed descriptions in the supplementary material.

You are right though. Very variable .
February 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
No live stream this year. Talks will come out on YouTube later in the year.
February 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Reposted by Prof Simon Carley
Prehospital setting:
The weight is an estimate
The dose is somewhere between 0,25 and 1 mg/kg depending on how unwell the patient looks.
And its a personal choice.
January 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM