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Bleeding and Bleeding Control | September 6, 2022

Date of Presentation: September 6, 2022

Type: Past Presentation  

Program: Emergency Medical Services  

Keywords: #bleed  #bleeding  #bleeding control  #hemorrhage  

In this presentation, Dr C. Mateo Garcia provides an update on bleeding and bleeding control. First, Dr Garcia provides background statistics of prehospital hemorrhage and its impacts, defines factors of the ‘lethal triad’ and their interplay with hemorrhage, and identifies the tools we have to combat bleeding and lethal triad in the prehospital setting. Finally, Dr Garcia discusses clinical cases and relevant lessons to management of hemorrhage.

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Presented by:

Christian Mateo Garcia, MD

Christian Mateo Garcia, MD, is originally from New Mexico and still calls it his home. Mateo started as an EMT-Basic in a rural fire department setting. He eventually attained his EMT-Intermediate and worked in a Wildland fire setting. Mateo attained his medical degree from the University of New Mexico. He at is faculty at UNM within the Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Prehospital, Austere and Disaster Medicine. Mateo has a passion for EMS education and his biggest interest within EMS is medical direction and system building in rural and Tribal settings.

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Date added: September 6, 2022