Transfusion Medicine Boot Camp for Nurses 2024

Registration is mandatory but there is no fee. Registration is open until this event begins.
A separate registration is required for the Plenary Sessions and for the Concurrent session of your choice.
Once registered, you will immediately receive an email from Zoom. This email confirms registration & includes the link to attend that session

Plenary Session 1: Transfusion Guidelines/Blood Administration
Massive Hemorrhage Protocol: Nursing Considerations in the Rural Setting
Tasha Vandervliet, RN, BScN, Clinical Nurse Educator
Selina Fleming, RN, BScN, MN, Clinical Nurse Educator
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, Clinton Public Hospital – St. Marys Memorial Hospital – Seaforth
Community Hospital – Stratford General Hospital.

Diamonds last forever: Massive haemorrhage protocols in a tertiary academic center
Lowyl Notario, RN, MSc, ENC(C), Advanced Practice Nurse, Emergency Department,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.

Plenary Session 2: Transfusion Reactions
Acute Hypotensive Reactions
Andrew Shih, MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC, HRM MSc, Associate Professor, McMaster University, Regional
Director, Transfusion Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton.
Nour Alhomsi, BSc, MLT, MBA, Technical Specialist, Transfusion Medicine, Transfusion Safety
Officer, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program, Hamilton.

Register for the session you plan to attend. All sessions will be recorded & posted

Concurrent Session 3:
3a: Massive Hemorrhage in the Obstetrical Patient: What’s Unique?
Heather VanderMeulen, MD, FRCPC, MSc, Hematologist & Transfusion Medicine Specialist,
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.
Widad Abdulwahab, RN, BScN, MN, Transfusion Safety Advanced Practice Nurse, Sunnybrook
Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.

3b: Administration of Intravenous Iron
Kelly Syer, RN, Coordinator, Patient Blood Management Program, Ontario Transfusion Coordinators
(ONTraC), Lakeridge Health, Durham Region.

3c: RBC Transfusion: How to Start & Finish; What About In Between?
Donna Berta, RN, BScN, Clinical Project Coordinator – Nursing, ORBCoN.