November 22, 2013. Part 2, Bleeding

Charlie had a blood transfusion after his drain was put in and he also got "blood products" because the tests were showing that he was coagulopathic. 

As we moved from the day shift to the night shift, there was some discussion about whether he was bleeding too much. It escalated from there and there was a drop in blood pressure. We stood and watched this number go down and down while we waited for more blood to come up from the blood bank. It was awful. 

They eventually got things to a point where blood, fresh frozen plasma and platelets were going into him at a rate that kept things steady. We left, exhausted, about 11. 

(D)