James talks to Dr Ibrahim Tohidi about transfusion reactions.
Script Writer: Jenny Liu
Summary Writer: Jenny Liu
Editor: James Edwards
Interviewee: Ibrahim Tohidi
Dr Tohidi is a Haematology Advanced trainee at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospital. He is a Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and a member of the RACP Working party for the use of stem cells in cerebral palsy. He graduated from the University of Newcastle with Distinction, and has a special interest in cellular therapies and blood banking.
With Dr Ibrahim Tohidi, Advanced Trainee in Haematology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital/Concord Hospital and Clinical Associate lecturer at the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
You are a JMO covering the orthopaedic ward after hours and are called by nursing staff to review a patient who has been receiving a blood transfusion who has developed a temperature of 38.5°C and has a blood pressure 95/55.
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