Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Answer 17


17.  The correct answer is C.  While management of this patient may involve getting a follow up CT scan at some point, this patient is actively bleeding in his brain and it is life threatening and needs to be reversed.  So giving the patient Vitamin K and FFP is the most important.  Protamine is the antidote for heparin and would not be helpful.  Intubating the patient unnecessarily may raise ICP and hyperventilation has not been shown to lower ICP for a prolonged period of time.

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