All About TXA

The JEMS Report · Mar 4, 2021 · 1h 12m

There has been a lot of buzz about the drug TXA (tranexamic acid), an inexpensive medication that has few negative side effects and has shown some success in reducing mortality in a segment of trauma patients.

But the key word is “effect.” Is TXA effective and is it being shown as having an effective benefit for prehospital trauma patients?

Join JEMS Editor Emeritus A.J. Heightman and the principals of the International Prehospital Medicine Institute (IPHMI): Will Chapleau, EMT-P, RN, TNS; Greg Chapman, B.S., R.R.T., REMT-P; Michael J. Hunter, EMT-P, TP-C; Peter T. Pons, M.D., F.A.C.E.P.; and…