Schaefer Consulting

06/18/2026

Congrats to University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, on achieving this recognition!
Hospitals and prehospital agencies need to work together to ensure this lifesaving intervention is available to their community.

AABB's Emergency Prehospital and Scheduled Out-of-Hospital Transfusions Accreditation Program helps to ensure that patients who undergo blood transfusions outside of hospitals receive optimal care.

06/18/2026

Congrats to TCAD!

TacMed Solutions
EMS Blood Consultants

TCAD Paramedics is now carrying blood products on ambulances, allowing crews to begin lifesaving transfusions before patients reach the hospital

06/15/2026

Another fantastic paper written by Jen Gurney. She hits all of current (and historical) topics: Whole Blood vs Component Therapy, Walking Blood Banks, and WB for non-trauma use. Well worth the read!
Link in comments.

Hemorrhage remains the leading cause of death from potentially survivable injuries in both military and civilian trauma. Whole blood (WB) has repeatedly proven to be the most physiologically coherent resuscitation strategy for life-threatening hemorrhage, yet modern transfusion systems have historic...

06/11/2026

I was honored to sponsor a Navy ⚓️ Anesthesia Resident for the THOR conference. He received the top Trainee poster award! 🙌🎉
Thrilled to see my friend Audra Taylor recognized for her incredible contributions to the military. 🩸🩸🩸
Blood is serious business, but don’t take yourself too seriously with Low Titer Orrrr Positive Blood. 🏴‍☠️
Holly O'Byrne
Eric Bank
Mark Piehl
Ethan Miles North American Rescue

06/09/2026

Day 1 is wrapped up. Great presentations and time connecting with new and old friends!

06/08/2026

Jen always gives a fantastic presentation!

The “whole truth” about whole blood is that there is still more to learn.

COL Jennifer Gurney’s talk emphasized that whole blood has changed the way many trauma systems think about hemorrhage resuscitation, but the field still has important questions to answer.

Her key points included the need for more LTOWB studies, the importance of physiology, and the reminder that timing matters, logistics matter, and “age” may be more than just a number when evaluating blood products.

She also highlighted a central lesson from military medicine: the battlefield continues to answer questions that can shape civilian trauma care.

The takeaway: whole blood is not just a product. It is a resuscitation strategy that depends on evidence, timing, logistics, donor characteristics, and continued study.

Give patients what they bleed.

06/05/2026

It has been an incredible 3 days in Ft Lauderdale at the Eagles/FTFC Conference.
- We had another successful SPARC Academy teaching ARC to young, eager medics.
- Reconnected with my sweet Izzy and her family 3 years after a prehospital blood transfusion saved her life.
- Reconnected with another survivor, Dr. Kate Krause, and her sweet baby girl (see previous podcast post).
- Ended the day by receiving the “2026 Ron J. Anderson Distinguished Public Service Award” with two amazing, smart, passionate advocates for prehospital blood- Lt. Holly O'Byrne (DC Fire and EMS) and Chief Eric Bank (HCESD 48, TX).
It was a shock and an incredible honor to be recognized by the EMS Medical Directors from the major metropolitan cities in the US (and beyond).

06/05/2026

Kate, and her sweet baby girl, are the faces behind the data and stats.
Every minute matters when you are bleeding. Post-partum hemorrhage can happen weeks after an otherwise healthy delivery.
We keep pressing forward. 🚑🩸

https://www.ems1.com/whole-blood/blood-on-board-the-second-chance-that-changed-everything?fbclid=IwdGRjcASPGf9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEefIRJCiHBS5ZYSoiJS7-Z_vVST0X7IKIpTBjWEmSftIIY0wehDzDsjnS0OB0_aem_-dZnvnP9vXFLScOFnpMswQ

When Dr. Kate Krause suffered a near-fatal postpartum hemorrhage, Dallas Fire-Rescue's prehospital blood program helped give her a second chance at life, motherhood and medicine