National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week (NOTDAW) raises awareness about the critical need for more donors across the country and encourages Canadians to register their decision and to talk to their loved ones about organ donation. The year 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of National Organ

Speaker Matthew Yan, MD Transfusion Medicine Physician Trainee University of Toronto Objectives Review the concept of patient-reported outcomes in medicine Discuss the utilization of patient-reported outcomes in transfusion Critically review and appraise the article: Factors affecting patient

Speaker Shadhiya Al Khan, MD Transfusion Medicine Fellow Canadian Blood Services University of British Columbia Objectives Become aware of outcome of a transfusion policy of transfusing all emergency patients with unknown blood type with O RhD+ PRBCs. Anti D alloimmunization rates in different RhD

Speaker(s): Dr. Matthew Yan Transfusion Medicine Physician Trainee University of Toronto Event objective(s): Review the literature on donor attributes and associated patient outcomes Discuss the emergence of linked donor-recipient databases Critically appraqise the impact of donor age adn gender on

The Critical Care Canada Forum 2017 is Canada's national critical care meeting. Held over 4 days, it focuses on clinicians, scientists, and leaders in critical care medicine, and attracts the best speakers worldwide. CCCF consists of superlative plenary talks, thematic sessions and posters, with