Transfusion Management of Obstetric Hemorrhage
Program Code: 104637
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (ET)

MODERATOR
Shelvi McFadden, MLS(ASCP), Shands Jacksonville Medical Center

SPEAKERS
Evelyn Lockhart, MD, UNM Hospital Transfusion Service
Kathy O'Connell, MN RN, University of Washington Medical Center

DESCRIPTION
Obstetric patients often present with a normal delivery and birth of a baby. There are no complications and mom and baby usually go home within a day or two. But what happens when thing do not go as planned. A bleeding obstetric patient may present with many challenges that are not easy to handle. This audioconference will look at why OB patients hemorrhage and talk about providing OB transfusion protocols.