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A 22-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after sustaining a motor vehicle accident and hemorrhagic shock. The massive transfusion protocol (MTP) is activated, and the patient receives two trauma packs (each pack containing five units of uncrossmatched group O-negative red blood cells [RBCs], five units of type AB plasma, and one unit of apheresis platelets [any ABO type]). Subsequently, a type and screen sample (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid [EDTA] anticoagulant) is submitted to the blood bank.
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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Jhang, J.S. (2018). Emergency!. In: Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90960-8_46
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