11 month old male transferred to University Hospital.  Unable to get the reverse ABO type to show up. Basic review of ABO genetics and testing.  Brief follow-up on the clinical results. 

Will Karstens is a former Army Medical Lab Specialist (68K), Undergrad in Biochemistry at Merrimac College, North Andover, MA. He is from Vermont and enjoys snowboarding and maple syrup. 

Join us for an insightful presentation on developing a prehospital transfusion toolkit for emergency medical services. This toolkit provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for storing, transporting, and handling blood products, adhering to AABB standards. From the survey to audits, Dr. Hermelin will outline the ways in which the blood center partners with EMS and hospital blood banks to implement prehospital transfusion programs. The presentation emphasizes ongoing advocacy and academic collaboration to ensure best care practices.

Objectives:

1. Understand the role of the blood centers for implementing prehospital transfusion programs to Emergency Medicine Services. 

2. Explore the role of transfusion medicine administrative service medical director within the prehospital transfusion setting.

3. Highlight the importance of advocacy and collaboration in advancing emergency transfusion practices.

Daniela Hermelin, MD is the Chief Medical Officer at ImpactLife Blood Center and an Assistant Professor of Pathology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, where she teaches the Introduction to Pathology course. She produces the Blooducation Baristas Podcast, serving “piping hot transfusion news” on a broad range of topics. As the Social Media Chair for AABB and the Social Media Editor for Transfusion Medicine Reviews Journal, Dr. Hermelin actively contributes to the dissemination of knowledge in her field. Outside of her professional commitments, she enjoys spending time with her husband, raising their six children aged between 10 and 19.

This presentation will:

• Identify when G studies are indicated
• Understand how to perfrom G investigation
• Determine if a patient is a candidate for RhIg

Employee engagement is critical for retaining employees in the laboratory. Opportunities for career advancement provide employees with an incentive for engagement and thus longevity. This session will present a clinical advancement program model as well as other resources for medical laboratory science career advancement.

Objectives:

•    Explain the importance of career advancement opportunities as they relate to employee engage

•    Identify components of a clinical advancement program

•    Summarize additional resources for MLS career advancement

Brenna has been in the laboratory science field for more than 3 decades, and has experience in specimen collection, hematology, point of care testing, education, and management. She completed her Master of Health Science in Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences with emphasis in Clinical Laboratory Science in 2022 and accepted a medical laboratory science program director position in 2023. Brenna is passionate about assisting students and staff in reaching their career goals. 

Learning Objectives - by the end of this presentation, the audience members will be able to:

1. Describe general characteristics of biotherapies in clinical use.
2. Compare biotherapies under development in anticipation for clinical use.

Dr. Suzie Thibodeaux is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO, where she is Co-Head of the Transfusion Medicine/HLA Section.  She serves as Medical Director of the Apheresis, Blood Bank and Cellular Therapy Laboratory at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and as the Blood Banking and Transfusion Medicine Fellowship Program Director.  She is actively involved in multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to patient care, education, and clinical and translational research as it relates to cellular therapy and transfusion medicine.