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Education Session

AABB/THOR Prehospital Transfusion Data

AM26-SA-19-L - AABB/THOR - Prehospital Transfusion Data Data Collection and Prehospital Transfusion of Special Patient Populations

Saturday, October 17, 2026

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST

Room: GWCC B5 Thomas Murphy 2-3

Program Chair(s)

Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FAEMS, FACEP (he/him/his)

Chief Medical Officer
Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Police Department
Marriottsville, Maryland

Speaker(s)

Matthew J. Levy, DO, MSc, FAEMS, FACEP (he/him/his)

Chief Medical Officer
Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services Howard County Police Department
Marriottsville, Maryland
PS

Phil Spinella
Jennifer Andrews, MD, MSc

Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology & Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Learning Objectives:

Describe current approaches to prehospital transfusion data collection and reporting.
Recognize the clinical risks, considerations, and potential benefits of prehospital transfusion in pediatric patients.
Explain the risk of Rh alloimmunization in females of childbearing potential in the prehospital setting, and evaluate how this risk should be balanced against potential clinical benefit.