Blood Bank Guy Essentials Podcast
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- Duration: 97:12:42
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Synopsis
Biweekly interviews and mailbags from Joe Chaffin, MD, the "Blood Bank Guy"
Episodes
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044CE: What I Wish I Knew! with Pat Kopko
08/01/2018 Duration: 01h01minContinuing education episode! I've known Dr. Pat Kopko, Director of Transfusion Medicine at UC San Diego, for over 30 years! For this episode, we decided to have a conversation about the "essential" things we wish we would have known back when we started on our respective paths to being blood bankers. Pat and I get really, really practical, and give you tons of useful information, including tips, memory tools, and facts presented in a memorable way. This episode is one for all of you who don’t do blood banking every day: Residents, medical students, clinicians, non-blood bank pathologists, nurses, non-blood bank laboratory scientists, and anyone else who doesn’t live in our world all the time! So, pull up a chair, eavesdrop on two friends talking the “Essentials,” and enjoy! This episode is eligible for FREE CME and SAMs/CC credit for physicians and P.A.C.E. contact hours for laboratorians through Transfusion News Continuing Education on Wiley Health Learning.
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043CE: Practical Tips to Influence Transfusion Practice with Mark Fung
18/12/2017 Duration: 59minContinuing education episode! Everyone everywhere in transfusion medicine is talking about patient blood management! What is not often discussed, however, is just how to monitor practices, and what we should do to get started or get better. Mark Fung joins me to discuss 6 practical tips to influence transfusion practice in your hospital. His real-world strategies will help anyone involved in improving transfusion practice! This episode is eligible for FREE CME and SAMs/CC credit for physicians and P.A.C.E. contact hours for laboratorians through Transfusion News Continuing Education on Wiley Health Learning.
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042: Do Clinicians Know Transfusion Medicine? with Rich Haspel
11/12/2017 Duration: 53minAn 80 year old male with acute leukemia is getting a platelet transfusion, he begins to feel short of breath. The nurse overseeing the transfusion asks the hematology fellow, "What do you want me to do next, doctor?" The fellow feels his pulse quicken, and he prepares to give his best answer... Situations like this are real and occur every single day in hospitals around the world. Many studies have shown a significant lack of basic transfusion medicine training for clinical physicians, and a not-too-surprising accompanying knowledge gap, even for those in specialties like hematology. Dr. Rich Haspel and colleagues from the BEST Collaborative set out to define the problem AND come up with solutions! He shares both in this episode.
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041: Blood Donor Questions with Mary Townsend
27/11/2017 Duration: 59minDuring the 1980's and 90's, U.S. blood collectors asked more and more (and then MORE) questions of our volunteer blood donors, to the point of absurdity. Dr. Mary Townsend was an original (and current) member of the task force that changed all of that, and she is here to help you understand why we ask what we ask! Note: This is NOT a Continuing Education episode. See BBGuy.org or TransfusionNews.com for more information on continuing education.
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040CE: Wholly Whole Blood with Mark Yazer
08/11/2017 Duration: 58minContinuing education episode! In the remote history of transfusion medicine, life was simple. We had exactly one product: Whole blood. Things changed, and for the last 50 years or so, we began to separate whole blood into red cells, plasma, and platelets. As we learn more and more about what works and what doesn’t in trauma resuscitation, some are looking a return to whole blood. Dr. Mark Yazer is helping to lead that discussion, specifically to the use of low-titer group O cold-stored whole blood, which he calls “the ideal pre- and early in-hospital resuscitation fluid!” In this episode, Mark returns to outline his case for that outrageous statement! This episode is eligible for FREE CME and SAMs/CC credit for physicians and P.A.C.E. contact hours for laboratorians through Transfusion News Continuing Education on Wiley Health Learning.
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039CE: Understanding Febrile Reactions with Christine Cserti-Gazdewich
06/10/2017 Duration: 56minContinuing education episode! Febrile nonhemolytic transfusion reactions get no respect! Clinicians think they are a nuisance, and so do most blood bankers! However, a recent paper from Dr. Christine Cserti-Gazdewich and group suggests that they may be a bigger deal than you think. This episode is eligible for FREE CME and SAMs/CC credit for physicians through Transfusion News Continuing Education on Wiley Health Learning. P.A.C.E. contact hours for laboratorians are NOT available for this episode.
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038: HDFN with Greg Denomme
05/09/2017 Duration: 59minHemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN) seems simple, but there are lots of pitfalls! Dr. Greg Denomme is your guide to HDFN clarity!
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037: How to Learn with Justin Kreuter
21/08/2017 Duration: 01h27sWhat if everything we know (or think we know) about learning is just wrong? Traditional, "sage on the stage" lectures don't foster long-term retention, nor does slogging through an article or book chapter. Dr. Justin Kreuter has studied the research, and he's here to guide us to what does work, and steps to take toward mastery of blood banking and transfusion medicine!
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036: Group A Plasma in Trauma with Nancy Dunbar & Tait Stevens
07/08/2017 Duration: 55minNew paradigms in trauma transfusion require prompt delivery of plasma in increased amounts. This has led blood banks to start using group A plasma instead of AB in these emergency settings. But, is the practice safe? Drs. Stevens and Dunbar share new evidence!
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035: Why Give Platelets? with Rick Kaufman
24/07/2017 Duration: 01h02minYes, platelets are tiny, but they can cause lots of problems and controversy! Dr. Rick Kaufman (lead author of the AABB Clinical Practice Guideline on platelet transfusion), joins the podcast to discuss what the evidence shows and what we can and can't say about platelet transfusion. The lack of evidence might really surprise you!
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034: Neonatal RBC Transfusion with Cassandra Josephson
11/07/2017 Duration: 01h06minDr. Josephson returns to the podcast, and she is back in style! Blood bankers may struggle with the details of red blood cell transfusion to neonates, as there are important differences between this group and the adults and older children we are more accustomed to transfusing. Cassandra is your guide, and she answers "Five Essential Questions about Neonatal RBC Transfusion." When should we give RBCs to babies? What about "old" RBCs; Does age of blood matter? Is preservative important? Should the RBCs be modified? How do I test for compatibility? This is a fun and fast-moving episode. Visit the show page at BBGuy.org/034
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033: Straight Talk with an ER Doc with Scott Weingart
19/06/2017 Duration: 48minInteractions between Blood Bank and Emergency Department staff in stressful times (like massive transfusions) can be difficult. Good news: A world-renowned ER physician says it doesn't have to be that way! Dr. Scott Weingart of the EMCrit podcast joins me to discuss how we can understand each other better.
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032: Eat your Spinach! Donors and Iron with Jed Gorlin
30/05/2017 Duration: 01h05min"Have a steak! Eat your spinach!" Age-old advice from blood collectors to donors, but is it good enough? Jed Gorlin shows us why the old iron ways may not best!
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031: Why all Blood Bankers Should be on Twitter
15/05/2017 Duration: 01h08minEver feel like you are missing something? If you aren't using Twitter to keep up with blood banking advancements, you should be! The 140 character platform is so useful for connecting with others, learning from conferences you can't attend, and developing your own vision and presence. This roundtable discussion takes you through the essentials of blood banking on Twitter. Jerad Gardner, Kate Pendry, Justin Kreuter, and Sandy Minck show you the way!
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030: Antibodies in Sickle Cell with Eric Gehrie
10/04/2017 Duration: 57minOne little amino acid makes all the difference in sickle cell disease! Dr. Eric Gehrie explains why sickle cell patients are so challenging for blood banks, specifically focusing on the huge problem of alloimmunization (making RBC antibodies) after transfusion.
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029: Molecular Testing with Meghan Delaney
20/03/2017 Duration: 59minMolecular (genetic) testing is everywhere in medicine today, and the blood bank is no exception! You don't have to be an expert geneticist to see how it all fits, however. Meghan Delaney joins me to present 7 practical uses for molecular testing in transfusion medicine.
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028: Who DAT? with Sue Johnson
27/02/2017 Duration: 01h01minFor such a simple test, the Direct Antiglobulin ("Coombs") Test confuses the heck out of most every blood bank student, to say nothing of many clinicians! Sue Johnson is here to guide us to better understanding of this most excellent immunohematology test.
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027: NAIT with Brian Curtis
13/02/2017 Duration: 50minNeonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT), the disease with many names, continues to confound blood bankers everywhere! The conversation goes like this: "This baby has a low platelet count...is it NAIT?" Dr. Brian Curtis tells Dr. Chaffin how to take the right steps to find the answer, both in the real world and the exam world.
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026: Treating TTP with Jeff Winters
23/01/2017 Duration: 30minJeff Winters described the essentials of therapeutic apheresis in BBGuy Essentials 025. He is back today to address how to use those principles to treat Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, or "TTP." This terrifying disease, caused in adults primarily by a deficiency of an enzyme with a funny name, "ADAMTS13", can be rapidly fatal if not promptly diagnosed and treated.
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025: Therapeutic Apheresis Essentials with Jeff Winters
16/01/2017 Duration: 52minIt is very common for trainees and practitioners of Transfusion Medicine to have low levels of comfort and experience with therapeutic apheresis procedures. It just “feels” complicated! Fortunately for us, Dr. Jeff Winters, editor of the Journal of Clinical Apheresis, past president of the American Society for Apheresis, and director of the very busy therapeutic apheresis service at Mayo Clinic, is an enthusiastic and willing guide!