Blood transfusion

A blood transfusion is a procedure in which a small needle is used to insert an IV line into one of your veins. You then receive healthy blood through this. They are done to replace blood lost during surgery, from a serious injury or if your body is unable to make blood properly because of an illness. The procedure generally takes from 1 to 4 hours depending on the amount of blood required. The donated blood must match the patients’ blood, otherwise serious complications may occur, such as an ABO incompatibility reaction, which is a rare but serious and potentially fatal response to the transfusion by your immune system. In the early 20th century, the discovery of the 4 main blood types and safe ways to prevent clotting outside the vein paved…

for a blood transfusion include acute blood loss, coagulopathy and other anemias.2 The veterinary professional should adhere to a strict transfusion protocol, and utilize blood typing, crossmatching procedures and careful patient monitoring; which minimizes the risk of an adverse reaction and maximizes the benefits of the transfusion.2 Ideally, potential canine blood donor candidates should range in age between 1-year-old to not more than eight years of age, and be good-tempered large breed…

for healing capabilities. Many Jehovah Witness (JW) believers not excluding young and old die each year due to the refusal of blood transfusion and other healthcare procedures when the need arise. Statistics according to the (American Journal of Medicine n.d.) “About 900 Jehovah’s Witnesses die each year because of the blood refusal policy.” It also emphasizes the fact that everytime a JW has “bloodless surgery” his or her chances of dying is 1% greater. Research According to the American…

Intraoperative blood mistransfusion is not a term many anesthesia professionals think of when administering blood products in the operating room, but it becomes an acute reality to you, your anesthesia department, and the operating room staff when it happens to your patient. Over the years, hospitals and governing agencies have set forth checks, guidelines, and protocols that have made mistransfusion sound like something from historical literature due to such improvement in patient safety, but…

In the medical environment, blood transfusions are a common method of providing patients with the necessary fluid components to maintain vital bodily functions. Blood can be harvested and donated from other individuals, or can be taken from the patient and preserved for autologous use. Whichever the case, this procedure has saved countless lives on end and remains a crucial part of nursing. It is imperative that such a useful procedure be taken seriously in the workplace since there remains a…

Blood transfusion is a process in which blood is injected from one healthy human being to a patient; whom might be losing too much blood or suffering from an illness that requires more blood. This medical procedure is crucial in saving numerous lives. The first successful human-to-human blood transfusion was performed by James Blundell in 1818, yet a large number of patients had died because of wrong blood transfusion operations. The great discovery of Karl Landsteiner’s classification of ABO…

Blood transfusions have become an integral and important component in the Health Care system and treatment plans. For some people, this one procedure can mean the difference between life and death. Jehovah’s Witness are a Christian religion that does not accept blood products. To do so means being excommunicated from the church, even when the transfusion was given while the patient was unconscious. This puts health care workers, specifically emergency department doctors, in a very tough…

Blood transfusion is a surgical method used to transport blood to a patient’s circulation intravenously. It is used when a patient is suffering from severe blood loss; it can be from an accident or an operation done. Under most circumstances, anyone who is suffering from a deficiency of producing blood, bleeding disorders like thrombocytopenia or haemophilia or an illness that inflicts anemia; such as kidney disease or cancer would most certainly have to undergo blood transfusion due to the risk…

4. Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs on blood transfusion This is a religious issue rather than a medical one but it still affects the medical team when it comes to treating a patient who thinks a blood transfusion is unacceptable. Jehovah’s Witnesses have religious beliefs that blood transfusions are unacceptable. They believe that both the Old and New Testaments clearly command them to abstain from blood. These are the sections of the Bible that make them believe they cannot get a blood…

In the past year there have been numerous medical breakthroughs with the advanced use of science and technology. Breakthroughs such as: Reviving a dead heart and using it as a transplant, an overdose in measles vaccine completely killing blood cancer, 3D printed skull transplant and many more. The modern world is vastly changing and evolving to survive the illnesses and diseases that plague mankind. But I am not going to talk about any of these, but instead talk about a much more pressing…