Aim of the webinar:
The aim of the webinar is to discuss the purpose and practical implications of establishing a system for emergency collection of whole blood from at walking blood bank.
Level of education required:
3 - Intermediate (practical application)
What knowledge is required?
The attendees are recommended to read the attached publications (see below).
Target audience
Civilian and military blood providers, transfusion practitioners, prehospital providers, civilian and military blood supply continuity and emergency preparedness planners
The Speakers
Josephine McCullagh
Torunn Oveland Apelseth
Professor Dr med Torunn Apelseth is Director of the Norwegian Center for Blood Preparedness and focuses her work on establishment of civilian-military systems for blood supply contingency planning and emergency blood preparedness. She is Senior Consultant at the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, and holds a PhD (2010) on platelet transfusion from the University of Bergen. She is responsible for the training of medical students in Transfusion Medicine at the University of Bergen.
