Had a 3 a.m. HBC cat with RR 60, HR 220, rectal temp 97.5°F, gums still pink — would you tag RED and move straight to IV access and active warming on temp alone? We treat sub-98°F in cats as decompensated shock and aim for IV within 2 minutes; wondering if others use temp as a primary triage trigger.
Hemolysis at 18% — — I’d pipe the analyzer’s hemolysis index (HI) into the LIS and bucket rejects by HI bands to spot patterns by collector or ER shift… Small caveat: some vet analyzers don’t expose HI, so we used a quick barcode form at receipt to enter HI plus site. @rlin57, curious if you’ve got HI interfaced on your setup.
And agree: ‘97.5°F’ gets RED; IV within 2 minutes, forced-air warming, and Doppler BP to confirm perfusion; you checking lactate?