2018 RDCR Symposium

June 17 – 20, 2018

Bergen, Norway

Introduction to THOR and RDCR
Philip C. Spinella, MD FCCM
Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Translational Research Program
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, Missouri, USA

Geir Strandenes, MD, Senior Anesthetist
Dept of War Surgery and Emergency Medicine
Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services
Bergen, Norway

Traumatic Hemorrhagic Shock Outcomes and Preventable Death Epidemiology
Brian J. Eastridge, MD FACS
Chief, Division of Trauma
Professor Surgery, UT Health San Antonio
COL, Medical Corp, USAR
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Preventable Death Analysis from the Paris Attacks
Mathieu Raux MD PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Pitié Salpêtrière University Hospital
Paris, France

The Rationale for Whole Blood and Pittsburgh Pilot Study
Jason L. Sperry, MD MPH
Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon
Division of Trauma and General Surgery
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

ABO, Rh, HLA Ab Issues with Whole Blood
Nancy M. Dunbar, MD
Medical Director, Blood Bank
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA

Whole Blood Leukoreduction Effects on Hemostasis
Philip C. Spinella, MD FCCM
Professor, Pediatrics
Director, Translational Research Program
Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics
Washington University in St Louis
St Louis, Missouri, USA

Frozen Platelets and ABO Typing in Prehospital Setting
Col Milos Bohonek,MD PhD
Head of Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
Military University Hospital Prague
Senior Consultant for Hematology and Blood Transfusion Military Medical Service
Army of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic

US Army Low Titer Group O Whole Blood Program
COL Audra L. Taylor, MS MT SBB(ASCP)
Director, Army Blood Program
San Antonio, Texas, USA

US Army Cold Platelet Program
LTC Jason Corley
Deputy Director, Army Blood Program
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Importance of Oxygen Delivery and How it Can Be Improved
Kevin Ward, MD FACEP FAAEM
Exec. Dir., Michigan Center for Integrative Research in Critical Care and
Fast Forward Medical Innovation
Professor, Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Blood Failure Phenotypes and Clinical Relevance
Mitchell Jay Cohen, MD
Director of Surgery, Denver Health Medical Center
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado, USA

Blood Failure Pathophysiology Controversies and Clinical Relevance
Barbara Gaines, MD
Professor of Surgery, UPMC
Clinical Director, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Traumatic Brain Injury Patient Resuscitation
Daniel Spaite, MD FACEP
Prof. Virginia Piper Endowed
Distinguished Chair of Emergency Medicine
The University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona  USA

Coagulopathy Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury
Jing-fei Dong, MD, PhD
Member, BloodWorks NW Research Institute
Professor of Medicine, Hematology Division, Department of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, USA

Fibrinogen Concentrates and Reconstituted Whole Blood Studies
Herbert Schöchl, MD
Associate Professor of Anaesthesiology
Senior Anaesthesiologist and Intensivist, AUVA Trauma Hospital
Salzburg, Austria

Cold Platelet Norway Trial Data (With Review Of Cold Platelet In Vitro/In Vivo Data)
Torunn Apelseth, MD PhD
Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway

Cold Stored Platelet Effect in Subjects on Dual Antiplatelet Agents
Stephen M. Cohn, MD FACS
Professor of Surgery
Hofstra Northwell Health School of Medicine
New York, New York  USA

Future Of Platelet Formulations (Frozen/Dried/ Nanoparticle) and Storage Solutions
Jose A. Cancelas, MD PhD
Deputy Director / Research Division Director
Hoxworth Blood Center
Cincinnati, Ohio USA

US DoD Comprehensive CBRN/Trauma Treatment Program
COL Andrew P Cap, MD PhD
Medical Corps, US Army
Chief, Blood Research, US Army Institute of Surgical Research
Associate Professor of Medicine, Uniformed Services University
Program Director, Clinical Research Fellowship | Staff Hematologist-Oncologist
San Antonio Military Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas, USA

Damage Control Resuscitation for Patients with Burn Injuries
COL Jennifer M. Gurney, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
United States Uniformed Services University
US Army Joint Trauma System
USA

Disaster Preparedness, Models of Possible Scenarios and Blood Inventory
James Stubbs, MD
Chair, Division of Transfusion Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Blood as Counter Measure for Radiation Injury
Arik Eisenkraft MD
Director of Homeland Defense Projects
Pluristem
Israel

Game Of Drones – Unmanned Patient Transport and Blood Delivery
Geoffrey Ling, MD PhD FNCS FANA FAAN
Professor of Neurology an Critical Care Medicine
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Blood Donor Management Issues
Barbara J. Bryant, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Pathology
Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, USA

Donor Performance After Whole Blood Donation
Håkon S. Eliassen
BFF/MJK/UIB Medic
Bergen, Norway

French Fresh Whole Blood Trial in Traumatic Massive Hemorrhage
LTC Christophe Martinaud MD PhD
Professor of Transfusion Medicine and Cell Therapy
French Military Blood Institute
Chief of the Department of Clinical Operations
Blood Products – Teaching – R&D
Clamart, France

THOR-AABB Working Group Update
Mark H. Yazer, MD
Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Director of the RBC Serology Laboratory at the
Centralized Transfusion Service
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Prolonged Field Care
COL Jennifer M. Gurney, MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
United States Uniformed Services University
US Army Joint Trauma System
USA

ALM Fluid Therapy: Targeting Non-Compressible Hemorrhage and TBI
Geoffrey P. Dobson MSc PhD FAHA
Professor, Personal Chair
Heart, Trauma & Sepsis Research Laboratory
College of Medicine and Dentistry
James Cook University,
Queensland, Australia