The American Trauma Society presents a Trauma Registry Webinar on February 16, 2024 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm ET - "Armed Services Blood Program | Donor Prescreening and Walking Blood Bank."

Armed Services Blood Program | Donor Prescreening and Walking Blood Bank 

Join the ATS and Welcome Back to Major Crystal Davis as we explore the second of our Armed Services Blood Program series. This session focuses on preparedness for large-scale events and the need for emergent blood. Walking blood banks, or the collection of blood from prescreened donors in emergencies, provides a method of averting death from hemorrhage during events when considerable injury is imminent or Food and Drug Compliant blood is not attainable. The military has relied on walking blood banks during multiple conflicts since 2001 to avert hemorrhage on the battlefield, specifically for special operations teams where significant injury is highly probable. 

Through lessons learned and in consideration of the challenges during a large-scale conflict, military policy for donor screening and walking blood bank will expand beyond special operation forces to conventional forces to bolster walking blood bank capabilities. This presentation will reflect on the history of walking blood banks and expand into the military’s pending policy to capitalize on screened and willing blood donors during conflict.  

   
Presenter: 
Major Crystal M. Davis, USAF, BSC
Armed Services Blood Program Division
Branch Chief, Readiness Operations
SOCOM and SOUTHCOM Joint Blood Program Officer
Global Health Engagement Lead
MS, Clinical Laboratory Science
Medical Laboratory Scientist and Blood Bank Technologist, ASCPCM

Cost: FREE for Members and $25 for Non-Members

Registration Instructions for the Learning Management System (LMS):

1. Sign in to your ATS member profile here or select the red register button above to sign in to your profile

2. Hover over Education tab in the top menu bar of the ATS website

3. Select Online Learning

4. Click on the Catalog tab in the LMS and select the Upcoming Webinars link from the left side of the page

5. Select Launch to register yourself for the webinar. Once you select launch you have successfully registered for the webinar. 

6. After you select launch, you will receive an email from GoToWebinar with a link to join the webinar

Step-by-Step Instructions for Non-Members:

1. Click on the link here and sign in (you may need to create a free non-member profile, if you have not previously done so) to register

2. Hover over Education tab in the top menu bar of the ATS website

3. Select Online Learning

4. Click on the Catalog tab in the LMS and select the Upcoming Webinars link from the left side of the page

5. Select Buy Now to register yourself for the webinar

6. Complete each part of the payment and confirmation pages

7. Enter payment information for the registration fee

8. After you select confirm, you will receive an email from GoToWebinar with a link to join the webinar