Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion During Cardiac Arrest

Exclusion Criteria

• •Age \<18 years old
• •Age \> 85 years old
• •Patients with DNR/DNI orders (Do Not Resuscitate/Do Not Intubate)
• •Patients admitted to the hospital with a cardiac arrest arising from trauma
• •Patients who achieve return of spontaneous circulation within 10 minutes of CPR
• •Inability to start study product administration within 20 minutes of cardiac arrest onset
• •Prisoners
• •Women who are known to be pregnant
• •Patients with a history of RBC antibodies or positive antibody screen prior to enrollment in the study, unless previously cross-matched units are available for transfusion.
• •Patients with ultrasound evidence of right ventricular dilatation at time of CA
• •Patients with known prior objection to receipt of blood products.
• •Patients for whom administration of additional fluid volume is contraindicated (as determined by physician responsible for care)
• •Physician objection based on concern that intervention would interfere with patient care plan