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Practice makes perfect: Uniformed Services University students learn combat casualty care
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Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A person who is a primary beneficiary of the Department of Veterans Affairs or of the Department of Defense.
Source of Definition:
DoDI 6010.23: DOD and Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Resource Sharing Program
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DoD Beneficiaries
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A medical unit responsible for strategic storage of frozen blood products in a combatant command with a geographic area of responsibility. Frozen blood products are provided to each combatant command component based on joint blood program ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
Any of the four main groups into which human blood is divided (A, B, AB, or O) and includes Rhesus factor, a positive or negative indicator of the presence or absence of an inherited protein on the surface of red blood cells.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
The process of obtaining warm fresh whole blood (non-FDA compliant) from screened donors for emergency transfusion.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
Any military operation supporting DOD objectives, both inside and outside the CONUS, resulting in Service members and DOD Expeditionary Civilian personnel placed on contingency, deployment, or contingency deployment orders, including but not ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Related Glossary Terms:
Range of Military Operations
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A Military Department-designated blood program officer responsible for coordination and management of a respective Military Service’s blood program.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A nation that the United States works with in a specific situation or operation. In security cooperation, a nation with which the Department of Defense conducts security cooperation activities.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
U.S. Army Combat Medics, U.S. Navy Hospital and Independent Duty Corpsmen, and U.S. Air Force Aerospace Medicine and Independent Duty Medical Technicians.
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A systematic investigation, including research development, testing, and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. Activities that meet this definition constitute research for purposes of this issuance, whether ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
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Research
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A tri-Service-staffed organization, led by the Secretary of the Air Force, responsible for central receipt and confirmation of blood products from CONUS blood banks and the further shipment of those products to designated combatant commands ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
Factors used in computing mobilization requirements for blood products (e.g., red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma, plasma frozen within 24 hours of phlebotomy, platelets, and cryoprecipitate).
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
Any therapeutic substance prepared from human blood, blood components, and plasma derivatives (e.g., whole blood, red blood cells, fresh frozen plasma/ plasma frozen within 24 hours of phlebotomy, platelets, and cryoprecipitate).
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
An Air Force-directed element that expands blood support capabilities in-theater by providing advanced capabilities in the collection and preparation of blood components. EBSCs are not standalone and must be co-located with an Air Force ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
A division within the DHA responsible for coordination of the ASBP. Functions include implementation of blood program policies established by the ASD(HA), and standardization of policies, procedures, and equipment. The ASBPD provides guidance ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
Glossary Term
Date of Publication:
10/22/2021
Any patient safety (PS) event resulting in death, permanent harm, or severe temporary harm, as per the AHRQ Harm Scale; or meeting The Joint Commission’s (TJC) sentinel event (SE) or the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) serious ...
Source of Definition:
DOD Instruction 6480.04: Armed Services Blood Program Operational Procedures
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