Ep 59: Five Things About Anaemia With Cienwen Towns

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined Cienwen Town, clinical nurse consultant for Perioperative Patient Blood Management at RBWH. Cienwen takes us through the topic of anaemia, especially from a perspective of blood product conservation in the perioperative period.

Cienwen’s Five Things:

1. What is anaemia?
2. Most common symptoms and causes of anaemia.
3. Who and how to screen for anaemia.
4. Optimising anaemia.
5. Managing anaemia on the ward.