Pre-deployment, Mission Planning, and Training Considerations

1. Conduct unit level blood donor testing (for blood typing, transfusion transmitted diseases and Low Titer blood type O titers) and develop operational roster.
2. Define Cold Chain Stored Whole Blood (CSWB) distribution quantities in area of responsibility.
3. Manage and equip prehospital blood storage program if unit policies and procedures allow for prehospital blood storage.