Webinar on Patient Blood Management (PBM)

Date: 5 October 2021

Time: 18:00 to 19:00



Webinar Scientific Faculty



Scientific Faculty Leader

Dr. Joana Berger-Estilita (CH)

eLearning Committee Member

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Consultant

Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern Switzerland



Host

Prof. Christian von Heymann (DE)

Chairperson of the ESAIC Scientific Subcommittee 12 (SSC12)- Transfusion, Haemostasis and Thrombosis

Clinical Professor in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Charité-University Medicine Berlin

Head of Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vivantes Klinikum, Friedsrichshain, Germany



Speakers

Prof. Sibylle Kietaibl (AT)

Member of the ESAIC Guideline Committee

Chairperson of the Standing Committee Education and Professional Development of the European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA)

Head of Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Austria





Prof. Juan Llau Pitarch (ES)

Member of the ESAIC Task Force on massive bleeding and of the Task Force on perioperative thromboprophylaxis

Head of the Department of Anesthesiology-Resuscitation and Pain Therapy at the Doctor Peset University Hospital in València

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Medical School of the University of València, Spain



Scientific Support

Dr. Joana Berger-Estilita (CH)

eLearning Committee Member

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Consultant

Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy, Inselspital Bern University Hospital, Bern Switzerland



Target Audience:

Anaesthesiologists, Intensive Care Medicine doctors and Surgeons who want to update their knowledge about patient blood management (PBM) during major surgery.

This webinar will be open to anyone who wishes to view it, from whichever country they can access it.



Methods to promote adult active learning:

This webinar will include:

Polls: to increase interactivity and engagement. Results from polls will lead to discussions points.

Q&A sessions: to answer questions brought up by the host and submitted by the audience (in real time). Questions will be filtered by support staff to prioritise relevance.



Learning Aim

To inform health-care practitioners and health educators about the pre, intra and postoperative care of patients undergoing surgery or invasive procedures, particularly those in which relevant blood loss is anticipated.



After Taking Part

This webinar will enable the participants to:

Describe the interventions to increase haemoglobin concentration

List the medications that affect hemostasis and recall their respective cessation intervals

Define a massive transfusion protocol

Interpret basic blood management point-of-care findings

Discuss the triggers for blood component transfusion

Critically appraise the effect of liberal versus restrictive red blood cell transfusion protocols



Key points

Use of patient blood management protocols in Anaesthesia

Use of massive transfusion protocols in Anaesthesia



Content

Interactive debate format on patient blood management during Anaesthesia



Learning Objectives

Knowledge to be acquired after attending this Webinar

The participant will be able:

to list medications that affect haemostasis, recall their respective cessation intervals and reversing options

to describe the mechanisms of severe/massive bleeding and means to avoid massive transfusion (PBM) and name massive transfusion protocols

to identify perioperative strategies that minimise blood loss

to indicate the triggers for allogeneic blood transfusions and procoagulant drugs

to discuss the main recommendations of the evidence-based guidelines in this field and its limitations



Practical skills to be acquired after attending this Webinar

This webinar will enable participants to:

Describe the application of cell-salvage devices on patients

Interpret point-of-care viscoelastic haemostatic assays

Interpret laboratory findings for differential diagnosis of anaemia

Interpret preload parameters for volume management



Affective skills acquired after attending this Webinar

The participant is aware of:

when to follow and when to deviate from recommendations and suggestions in PBM guidelines in individual cases

how to document decision making

how to inform patients, how to assess and consider their preferences

the responsibility in ensuring an adequate, evidence-based patient blood management protocol



This Webinar is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Masimo