GOALS
Discuss current controversies in resuscitation science
Disseminate best practice: THOR consensus statements, THOR-AABB and THOR-other consensus statements
Elicit discussion from practitioners in the field to drive research, technology development and policy recommendations
TOPICS
Interventions appropriate for the prehospital setting. training needs
Equipment/device challenges and new technologies for diagnosis, monitoring, hemorrhage control and other life-saving interventions
Blood products, biologics and drugs to treat shock, coagulopathy, endothelial dysfunction, inflammation relevant in trauma and other causes of life-threatening hemorrhage
Bethany Brown, PhD, MSCS
Dr. Bethany Brown is the Senior Director of Transfusion Innovation and Product Development at American Red Cross and holds a PhD in Clinical Science from University of Colorado. She leads collaborative studies to test and evaluate new technologies and processes for the collection, processing and testing of blood and blood components. She has over 15 years of experience with global clinical development of medical devices and biologics with significant expertise in the area of conventional and emerging blood products from preclinical through clinical evaluation of products for regulatory licensure.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i9FsQ7IAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr. Joseph Rappold
Dr Rappold is an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Prior to entering medical school, he completed 8 years and multiple deployments as a US Navy nuclear submarine officer serving on a variety of submarines. His surgical internship and residency were completed at the Naval Medical Center San Diego and his fellowship was completed at the University of California San Diego. He then commenced a series of combat deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan commanding a variety of facilities including all US personnel at the British Field Hospital at Camp Bastion. In 2008 he was the Joint Trauma Theater Medical Director responsible for all surgical care in both combat theaters.
In San Diego he directed the SICU and eventually became chair of the Department of Surgery at the military’s largest medical facility. He has published multiple articles and book chapters and currently directs a translational research laboratory focused on TXA at the Maine Health Institute for Research. He has received a variety of unit and personal awards including the Bronze Star for valor in combat and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal among others.
SPONSORSHIP
This virtual educational program series is sponsored by Terumo BCT.
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