Schaefer Consulting

10/21/2026

Congrats to RAC-V on standing up a great program.

The only way we can reasonably scale program growth nationwide is through cooperation at the Regional and State levels.

Two separate regional programs (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33499434/) each identified common elements for safely implementing prehospital blood.

Did your region or state find anything different?

https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/11/4/e002403

10/19/2026

With just 36 minutes to save a hemorrhaging patient and most trauma victims never receiving blood before reaching a hospital, DARPA’s new $73 million RAPIID initiative aims to deploy freeze-dried plasma, platelets and red blood cells by 2029

10/17/2026

The house was packed for an early Saturday morning! It is great to engage with our Blood Colleagues and see the growing support for prehospital blood programs.
AABB THOR - Trauma Hemostasis & Oxygenation Research Network
Audra Taylor
Courtney K. Hopkins
Leah Mendelsohn Stone
Elon Glassberg

10/12/2026

See you in Detroit!

10/08/2026

When your agency reports wastage rates, what is it really reporting?

Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement need to be integrated into your prehospital blood program. We need to standardize terminology and definitions to move in the right direction.

When your prehospital agency reports blood product wastage rates, what is it really reporting? Yes. There is a difference between the two definitions.

10/06/2026

We need your help keeping it updated!
~460 ground agencies as of 30 September 2026.

I update it at the end of each month. The agencies that submitted their info for Oct will be on next month’s map.

The latest PHBTC map! Use the QR code on the right to add your agency. Let's get the map covered with those life-saving dots.

10/01/2026

Are you interested in publishing your prehospital research?

The THOR Supplemental in Transfusion Magazine is accepting submissions through November 20, 2026.

Link to information: https://mailchi.mp/edf572395899/announcement-of-joint-thor-and-vitalant-journal-club-the-swift-trial-results-10598254?e=6028628ccd

THOR - Trauma Hemostasis & Oxygenation Research Network
Prehospital Blood Transfusion Coalition

Submissions for the 2027 Trauma, Hemostasis, and Oxygenation Research (THOR) network supplement in Transfusion will be accepted from 16 August, 2026 through 20 November, 2026.

09/29/2026

Day 1 of EMS World Expo is a wrap. A great day of teaching 2 Preconference sessions: SPARC Academy and Beyond The Bag: The Essential Blueprint for Designing Running Prehospital Blood Programs.
It was a long day, but I always love hanging out my awesome colleagues and enjoy watching attendees walk away better informed!

Holly O'Byrne
Eric Bank
Juan Duchesne
Charlie Coyle

09/27/2026

The proposed 2nd edition of the AABB Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Standards is now out for comment until 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.

The Committee has worked diligently to provide a framework to help Transfusion Administration Services (TAS) and Transfusion Services (TS) implement and sustain programs.

We need your feedback!

AABB provides the support, resources and connections you need to stay engaged, grow professionally and contribute to the ongoing advancement of the cord blood field.

09/26/2026

There are still a few seats available.

Start EMS World 2026 with a morning dedicated to improving prehospital trauma care.

Join the Selective Prehospital Advanced Resuscitative Care Workshop for a discussion on hemorrhage control, prehospital blood transfusion, and how trauma systems can prepare teams to deliver advanced resuscitative care in the field.

September 28 | 8:00 AM–12:00 PM | Room W-222A