Pierre-Marc Dion
MD, MSc Student
Biography
Dr. Pierre-Marc Dion is a military family medicine resident and master’s student serving with the Canadian Armed Forces. He previously worked as a registered nurse specializing in critical care and aeromedical evacuation. His master’s thesis examines geographic factors affecting access to transfusion and trauma outcomes. His clinical and research interests include prehospital care, trauma, and resuscitation, with a focus on improving patient care delivery in resource-limited and operational settings.
Expertise
Prehospital; Trauma; Transfusion; Critical Care; Simulation
Contact Information
Email TBD
Publications
Prifti V, Dion PM, Beckett A, Singh K. (2025). Dried plasma for trauma resuscitation: From Canadian Armed Forces to civilian prehospital and rural settings. Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Dion PM, Singh K, Coleby J, Beckett A, Lampron J, McGowan M, Shorr R, Nolan B. (2025). Blood transfusion training for prehospital providers: a scoping review. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.
Dion PM, Pan A, Beckett A, Singh K, Greene A, Benhamed A, McGowan M, Nolan B. (2025). Prehospital transfusion training in Canada: a national survey of critical care transport organizations. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine.
Dion PM, Mack J, Alam A, Vuong S, Scott J, Miller D, Beckett A. (2024).
Whole Blood and Freeze-Dried Plasma in Canadian Trauma Care. Canadian Journal of Surgery.
Dion PM, Nolan B, Funk C, Laverty C, Scott J, Miller D, Beckett A. (2024). Blood Far Forward: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Prehospital Transfusion Practices in the Canadian Armed Forces. Injury.
Dion PM, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Drennan IR, Nolan B. (2024). The future of prehospital whole blood transfusion in Canadian trauma care. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Dion PM, Greene A, Beckett A, von Vopelius-Feldt J, Nolan B. (2023). A comparative analysis of current out-of-hospital transfusion protocols to expert recommendations. Resuscitation Plus.
To view more of Dr. Dion’s publications, visit ORCiD or ResearchGate.
Projects
Geographic disparities in early transfusion and outcomes among trauma patients in Ontario: a population-based cohort study