Podcast 670: Operation Tat-Type

<p><strong>Contributor:  Dave Rosenberg, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In 1951, Operation Tat-Type began tattooing adults with their blood type in an effort to prepare for rapid transfusions in the time of the Cold War and the Korean War</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">School children in northern Indiana and areas in Utah were tattooed with their blood type beginning in 1952 under the same operation</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Based on tattoos given to SS officers during WWII</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This wasn't to identify who needed what blood but rather to identify who could give what blood in the event of a massive attack</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wolf EK, Laumann AE. The use of blood-type tattoos during the Cold War. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008;58(3):472-476. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2007.11.019</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS3 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "http://www.emergencymedicalminute.com/cme-courses"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.emergencymedicalminute.com/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALMiRLAEcQYYPHyLILwbivQwgtGl3JzaB6oGAQK1B2nrGSGvrS-g7zJApXzVlWIO-lmLfB"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Donate to EMM today!</span></a></p> <p><br