Past Episodes

What actually happens in the first 60 minutes after a major injury occurs? Trauma surgeon Dr. Erin Suydam takes us inside the trauma bay to break down the "golden hour" — the critical window where survival is decided by seconds, not hours.

This episode shows what happens during the first hour of a trauma and how it impacts survivability.

Pre-operative anemia is one of the most underdiagnosed risks in surgical care. Our expert panel breaks down detection, treatment, and best practices.

With Dr. Carolyn Burns — a deep dive into iron deficiency's impact on post-surgical recovery and quality of life, and what PBM programs can do about it.

Dr. Majed Refaai and Christine Cahill, RN discuss the need to challenge norms in transfusion medicine to drive best patient care.

What if the future of heart and lung transplantation is using little to no donor blood at all? In this powerful episode of Let's Talk Patient Blood Management, Sarah Walbolt and Christine Cahill sit down with pioneering transplant surgeons Dr. Valluvan Jeevanandam and Dr. Pablo Sanchez from the University of Chicago Medicine to explore how their team is redefining what’s possible in modern surgery.

Reporting live from the SIA PBM International Conference in Cartagena, Colombia — the global movement advancing bloodless care.

Sarah Walbolt breaks down complex hemostasis concepts into actionable knowledge for bedside nurses and perioperative teams.

Sarah and Dr. Moront discuss how bloodless surgery improves quality for all patients. Whether you would accept or decline blood during major surgery, you will walk away appreciating bloodless surgical practices.

Dr. Joel Addams explains what to expect when you donate blood.

Dr. Carolyn Alquist describes your how your blood is unique to you.