Speaker: Xiomara Fernandez, MD

Director, Transfusion Medicine & Coagulation

Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

George Washington University

Learning objectives: 

1 Review the evidence-based transfusion medicine rationale for using low-titer group O whole blood (LTOWB) in prehospital trauma care.

2. Discuss strategies for product traceability and inventory management in a prehospital whole blood program.

3. Describe approaches for integrating prehospital LTOWB use with hospital transfusion protocols including considerations for Rh selection

Hybrid presentation - Zoom and in person at Children's National Hospital