Randall Schaefer DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CEN

Randall Schaefer, DNP, RN, CEN (Lieutenant Colonel, Retired), is a retired US Army Trauma Nurse with multiple deployments who advocates for civilian prehospital blood programs, so we don't forget the hard lessons we learned on the battlefield. She has assisted nearly 90 agencies nationwide in implementing prehospital blood transfusion programs using a standardized process. She is the President of the Prehospital Blood Transfusion Coalition (PHBTC). She serves as a subject matter expert for the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) Prehospital Emergency and Out-of-Hospital Scheduled Transfusion Standards Working Group Committee and a Technical Expert for the National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation (NIDHC)/National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health (NCDMPH) Prehospital Blood Transfusion Implementation initiative supporting the research and implementation strategy of the DOT NHTSA grants. Dr. Schaefer received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of San Francisco, her Master of Science in Nursing from Widener University, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Texas Health-San Antonio. Her doctoral project, which collaborated with the San Antonio Fire Department, focused on "Increasing prehospital transfusion rates in patients experiencing hemorrhagic shock: A quality improvement initiative."