CONGRESS 2023 - Implementation of Blood on Board: A laboratory perspective

The Air Ambulance covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland first approached Blood Transfusion in February 2021 to discuss the idea of them being able to carry blood on the aircraft so they can carry out lifesaving transfusions at the roadside. In the previous months the medics on board had been documenting those patients they had attended that they thought would have benefited from being transfused at the scene of an injury. The majority of these were road traffic accidents and stabbings where blood loss had led to severe morbidity or even mortality. After months of meetings discussing what equipment was needed (e.g. blood boxes, temperature monitoring devices, storage etc.), finances, validation procedures and trialling the process we finally started providing blood on board in February 2022.

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