THOR Meeting in Perth, Australia – November 1-3
SAVE THE DATE! 1 - 3 November 2023 Rendezvous Hotel Perth, Western Australia The Western Australia Airway Group is pleased to host the inaugural THOR meeting Down Under. #THUNDER will be a multi-disciplinary conference focused on the treatment of hemorrhagic shock the...
read more2021 THOR Conference – Nov 7-10 – CANCELED
Due to worsening COVID conditions, it has been decided to cancel the conference in Florida in November. We have given a great deal of thought to our decision to cancel the conference in St. Pete Beach, Florida scheduled for November 7-10, 2021. The THOR Network has a...
read morePublished: THOR Network – TRANSFUSION, Vol 61, S1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Trauma, Hemostasis and Oxygenation Research (THOR) Network is pleased to announce that the THOR Network 2021 Remote Damage Control Resuscitation Supplement in Transfusion is now available online...
read moreWebinar: Why do you split blood apart and put it all back together again?
The THOR Network is proud to collaborate with the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury & Sepsis Investigators Network (PALISI) and BloodNet to produce this free webinar. Why do you split blood apart and put it all back together again? Current data and experience...
read moreDr. Dubick Memorial Ceremony
Dear THOR Colleagues, I am sad to report on the passing, Friday, November 13, 2020, of our colleague and friend, Dr. Michael A. Dubick, PhD, of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research (ISR). Dr. Dubick devoted his life’s work to the care of combat...
read moreTHOR investigators awarded $26 million from US Department of Defense for cold stored platelets research
PRESS RELEASE September 26, 2020 THOR Network investigators have been awarded over 26 million dollars by the US Department of Defense for a research program that will examine the efficacy and safety of cold stored platelets for patients with active...
read moreJUST PUBLISHED: Damage Control Resuscitation textbook
A new DCR textbook is now available with deep roots in the THOR Network. Damage Control Resuscitation: Identification and Treatment of Life-Threatening Hemorrhage Editor: Spinella, Philip C. (Ed.) This book provides a comprehensive overview of damage control...
read moreTHOR in Prague – November 15th 2018
THOR will be presenting at the 12th Střešovice Blood Transfusion Day in Prague, CZ, November 15, 2018. DOWNLOAD AGENDA DOWNLOAD ANNOUNCEMENT REGISTRATION...
read moreFor the first time in Israel: Using Whole Blood to treat the injured in the field
For the first time in Israel: Using Whole Blood to treat the injured in the field The blood unit that will improve the chances of saving the life of a severely bleeding patients in the pre hospital settings MDA blood services responded to the request of the IDF...
read morePRESS RELEASE: Emergency Release Low Titer Group O Whole Blood Is Now Permitted By The AABB Standards
Reducing death from hemorrhage is essential since the mortality for patients with traumatic hemorrhagic shock is high (approximately 20%) and there are approximately 30,000 preventable civilian deaths due to traumatic hemorrhage per year in the US alone. The rationale for the use of group O WB early in the resuscitation of massively bleeding patients is multifactorial and is listed in the table below. The THOR Network and the US Tactical Combat Casualty Care Committee have both indicated that whole blood is the optimal resuscitative product for patients with life-threatening hemorrhagic shock. Its use, especially in the pre-hospital phase of resuscitation, may dramatically reduce preventable deaths.
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