MS-2790

MS-2790

A 19 year old man is brought to the Emergency Department after a car accident. The patient is hypotensive with a blood pressure of 90/40 mmHg, tachycardic with a heart rate of 120 beats per minute, and has oxygen saturations of 92%. The medical team administers one litre of 0.9% normal saline for initial resuscitation. The consultant suspects a ruptured spleen and has requested a cross match and four units of blood from the haematology lab. The patient’s brother overhears the conversation and believes he is blood group A because he donates blood annually. What blood product can be given to the patient until the cross match result is available?