Paediatrics Special Interest Group

Day: Wednesday  |   Time: 10:30 - 12:00

Session Coordinators: 
Helen New

Session Chair:
Dr Philip Bolton, Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow

Speakers: 

Paediatrics – trauma and transfusion
Dr Kevin Enright, Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at St George’s Hospital London and Pre-Hospital Care Physician (Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance Trust / Kent Surrey Sussex HEMS).

Oops – I did it again! Preventing errors in paediatric testing and component selection in the Transfusion Laboratory
Ms Carol Cantwell, Midland Regional Hospital, Ireland

We need your help: priorities for transfusion research in children
Dr Simon Stanworth, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Intended Audience: 
Any professionals involved in Paediatric transfusion, including BMS's, Transfusion Practitioners, Nursing and Clinical staff

Learning Objectives: 
1. Improve understanding of clinical and transfusion aspects of paediatric trauma management. 

2. Learn practical approaches to reducing laboratory errors in paediatric pre-transfusion testing and component selection. 

 3. Gain update-to-date view of current research in paediatric transfusion. 

Brief Description:
The session will focus on transfusion for paediatric trauma, prevention of laboratory errors, an update on the science of paediatric transfuison, plus ‘Hot Topics’. Speakers are all experts in their fields, inciuding a Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, a Chief Transfusion Scientist, and an internationally recognised researcher in transfusion medicine. The local ‘Guest Chair’ is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, and undoubtedly the session will provide both practical updates and interesting discussion.

Session Tags: TBC