Fear is Not a Factor for You! Practical Approaches to Blood and Factors in the Intensive Care Unit

Posted on May 23, 2023
Dr. Bullard and Petrucci

Speakers:
Heather Bullard PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Clinical Coordinator, Adult Critical Care
Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Cardiothoracic Surgery
The University of Chicago Medicine

and

Kerilyn Petrucci PharmD, BCCCP 
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Surgery/trauma ICU
The University of Chicago Medicine

A Knowledge-Based Activity
ACPE UAN # 0016-0000-23-032-L01-P, 1.0 contact hour, 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ CME, 1.0 contact hour CNE

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe strategies, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic, to optimize the pre-operative blood avoidance patient.
  • Summarize available supportive care strategies for intra-operative blood conservation management.
  • Describe patient specific factors that influence the choice of continued transfusion vs. factor product administration in the bleeding patient.

Speaker Disclosures

All other speakers, planning committee members, and reviewers who contributed to this activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

Modified on May 30, 2023