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Patient Learning

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What Is Bloodless Medicine and Surgery?

This video introduces patients to the concept of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery and provides an overview of the three basic pillars of BMS.
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How Is Bloodless Medicine & Surgery Done?

This video clarifies the basic preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative strategies that healthcare providers use in the treatment of bloodless medicine patients.
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Understanding Blood Components and Fractions

This video outlines the components and fractions of whole blood that may be acceptable in the treatment of bloodless medicine patients.
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Cell Salvage and Hemodilution

How cell salvage and hemodilution works.

Bloodless Fundamentals

Fundamentals

History of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

This introductory module walks learners through the history of bloodless medicine and surgery and identifies key factors that led to the growth of the bloodless approach.
Fundamentals

Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Strategies

This module discusses the primary pillars of bloodless medicine and surgery and outlines strategies that ensure patient safety and well-being.
Fundamentals

Legal and Ethical Considerations of Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

This module discusses the legal and ethical considerations around the bloodless approach and identifies strategies that promote shared decision-making between healthcare providers and their patients.

Success Stories

Patient Story: Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplant for Multiple Myeloma

Joe Jackson received a stem cell transplant at MedStar Georgetown for his diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

Patient Story: Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Program

As a result of an automobile accident, Delores Metsopoulos was in a lot of pain and could not stand straight.

Patient Story: I Want to be Heard and Listened To

What Christine Stoddard thought was a stroke, turned out to be a subdural hematoma. She describes how grateful she is to the physicians who respected her beliefs and decision to have a bloodless surgery.
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International Training Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery

3007 Tilden St., NW,
Suite 5N, Washington, DC
20008
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