BadJoke88
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Hello All,
So a year and a half ago now my then four year old son was diagnosed with Severe Type A Hemophilia. Since then I've been sucking down as much knowledge as I can in regards to hemorrhage control and trauma in patients with bleeding disorders. I've come to find, though, that there isn't much knowledge in easily digestible formats. It's all feature length papers and scholarly articles with an emphasis on hospitals and prolonged treatment. All well and good except one needs to break it down in order to grab what is applicable to the EMS provider.
Being BLS, I'm not sure to what depth this is covered for higher level certifications but it certainly hasn't been touched on very often during the bleeding control classes I've attended. My idea was to possibly get with my Department's Medical Director as well as the Bleeding Disorder Clinic my son goes through and begin forming a short introduction to these disorders leading into treatment considerations. Before I do all that, though, has anyone encountered something similar already available? I know this is a small percentage of the population when compared to other conditions, but there are some specifics that I know I would have liked to have known as an EMT prior to encountering this ailment.
Any thoughts or suggestions?
So a year and a half ago now my then four year old son was diagnosed with Severe Type A Hemophilia. Since then I've been sucking down as much knowledge as I can in regards to hemorrhage control and trauma in patients with bleeding disorders. I've come to find, though, that there isn't much knowledge in easily digestible formats. It's all feature length papers and scholarly articles with an emphasis on hospitals and prolonged treatment. All well and good except one needs to break it down in order to grab what is applicable to the EMS provider.
Being BLS, I'm not sure to what depth this is covered for higher level certifications but it certainly hasn't been touched on very often during the bleeding control classes I've attended. My idea was to possibly get with my Department's Medical Director as well as the Bleeding Disorder Clinic my son goes through and begin forming a short introduction to these disorders leading into treatment considerations. Before I do all that, though, has anyone encountered something similar already available? I know this is a small percentage of the population when compared to other conditions, but there are some specifics that I know I would have liked to have known as an EMT prior to encountering this ailment.
Any thoughts or suggestions?