Blood Donations, Disasters and Covid-19

The blood supply for a community, region or state is critically important. This podcast is an interview with Curt Bailey, President and CEO of BloodWorks Northwest  Their territory covers eight million people in the states of Oregon and Washington. Consider this a Blood 101 class on all aspects of blood collection and use.  It amazing all the blood products that are collected in just one donation. They like everyone else, have had to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic by adjusting how they collect blood and developing new blood products. One of those being the use of Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma in the treatment of people hospitalized with the disease. Dynamis, a leading provider of information management software and security solutions, is a sponsor of this podcast.

Eric Holdeman is a professional emergency manager who is passionate about providing information that can help families, businesses & governments become better prepared for disasters of all types. Hear first hand expert insights from Eric on his Podcast, Blog & EricHoldeman.com.