Establishing national best practices for out-of-hospital blood transfusion: A collaboration of the Canadian Prehospital and Transport Transfusion (CAN-PATT) network
Out of hospital blood transfusions (OHBT) happen when a person receives blood components and products while they are on their way to hospital. Canadians receive OHBT more and more often, and most provinces’ land and air ambulances carry blood. However, we do not know if this blood is always put to its best use, because how OHBT is carried out varies across Canada. A team led by Dr. Nolan developed a set of recommendations on how to carry out OHBT safely and effectively. In this project, Dr. Nolan will study the different ways OHBT is currently practiced across Canada and compare them to the recommendations. The comparison will identify areas where OHBT practices can be updated to follow the recommendations. Changes in OHBT will be accomplished through a network of critical care transport and transfusion medicine doctors from across Canada, called the Canadian Prehospital and Transport Transfusion (CAN-PATT) network. Dr. Nolan will advise CAN-PATT on where their provinces can update OHBT by following the recommendations, and the CAN-PATT members can implement the changes within their provinces. These changes will ensure that the blood that is used in OHBT is allocated as effectively and safely as possible.
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
NOLAN, Brodie
Co-Investigator(s) / Trainee
TROJANOWSKI, Jan
SHIH, Andrew
GREENE, Adam
EVANS, Rob
MULVEY, Jamin
CHANG, Eddie
NAHIRNIAK, Susan
PEARSON, Dallas
PROKOPCHUK-GAUK, Oksana
MARTIN, Doug
MUSUKA, Charles
SEIDL, Cindy
PEDDLE, Michael
LIN, Yulia
SMITH, Justin
MACDONALD, Scott
RICHARDS, Lindsay
FARRELL, Michael
KHANDELWAL, Aditi
CALLUM, Jeannie
Institution
Unity Health Toronto
Program
Blood Efficiency Accelerator Program
Province
Ontario
Total Amount Awarded
$30,000
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