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The loss of blood volume and low oxygen levels are the major reasons doctors transfuse blood. Blood volume levels can be replaced without using whole blood or blood plasma. The simplest is saline (salt) solution, which is both inexpensive and compatible with our blood. There are also fluids with special properties, such as Dextran, Haemaccel, and lactated Ringer's solution and Hetastarch (HES). {Such fluids have definite advantages; they are relatively nontoxic and inexpensive, readily available, can be stored at room temperature, require no compatibility testing and are free of the risk of transfusion-transmitted disease} Physicians can also help their patients to form more red cells by giving them iron-containing preparations (into muscles or veins), which can aid the body in making red cells three to four times faster than normal. Your kidneys produce a hormone called erythropoietin (EPO), which stimulates bone marrow to form red cells. Now, synthetic (recombinant) EPO is available. {Doctors may give this to some anemic patients, helping them to form replacement red cells very quickly.***Cooling a patient to lessen his oxygen needs during surgery*Laser "scalpels"*Hypotensive anesthesia*Therapy to improve coagulation*The heart-lung machine*Desmopressin (DDAVP) to shorten bleeding time.***{I've had two 'successful' major surgeries (Hysterectomy and Gall Bladder removal) using a combination of the blood expanders and the surgical procedures highlighted above, without the use of blood or blood products}***
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Do Catholics believe in having blood transfusions?
Blood transfusions are not taboo in the Catholic church. =Answer= The above poster is correct and you are thinking of Jehovah Witness.
Can you transfuse a child who is a Jehovah's Witness?
Loyal Jehovah's Witnesses would not give or allow to be given a whole blood transfusion to the child of a Jehovah's Witness. Likewise with transfusions of four components of blood, i.e. red cells, white cells, plasma or platelets. Transfusions of further breakdowns of blood are permitted. See links below for further information.
What can you get instead of a blood transfusion?
well you can as a Jehovah witness in you town they would no
Which group does not allow blood transfusions because they believe that taking blood into the body is morally wrong?
The group is know as "Jehovah's Witnesses". They believe that receiving blood transfusions are the same as drinking blood, which is stickily forbidden in the old testament law and repeated in the new testament book of Acts where Gentile believers were to "they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication." The problem comes down to whither or not transfusions are drinking blood or not.
Will Jehovah's Witness members allow blood transfusions from their own blood supply from their own body that was previously stored?
That has never come in to question as you cant "reserve" your own blood. Blood banks are open
Do Jehovah's witness accept blood plasma?
No, they do not accept transfusions of whole plasma. If however the plasma (93% of which is water) is broken down into its parts then yes, all of the separate parts can be transfused.
Did Selena die from losing a lot of blood?
No, the singer Selena did not refuse blood. She was pronounced dead on her arrival at the hospital. She was a Jehovah Witness and they do not believe in blood transfusions.
What blood transfusions can a Jehovah's witness have?
Jehovah's Witnesses don't accept any kind of whole blood transfusions. They will not accept products containing major blood components, ie whole red cells, whole white cells, whole plasma, or whole platelets.They will accept transfusions of all fractions of those components, eg haemoglobin, and non-blood alternatives.According to the Official Jehovah's Witesses Media siteunder "Alternatives to blood transfusions" (see link below)"Jehovah's Witnesses request nonblood alternatives, which are widely used and accepted by the medical community. [...] Since the Bible makes no clear statement about the use of minor blood fractions or the immediate reinfusion of a patient's own blood during surgery, a medical process known as blood salvaging, the use of such treatments is a matter of personal choice."
What practices do health care workers need to be aware of when working with Jehovah witness?
Nurses must know that active and faithful Jehovah's Witnesses will not accept blood or blood products into their bodies. They will, however, accept transfusions of non-blood alternatives and blood volume enhancers (such as saline solution, Ringer's Lactate, erythropoitin-EPO, iron supplementation, etc.). Please do some research about the dangers of blood transfusions.
Why is artificial blood used instead of real blood?
Standing there enough blood for transfusions.
Do Seventh-day Adventists believe in blood transfusions?
Yes, Seventh-day Adventists do believe in blood transfusions. You may be confusing Seventh-day Adventists with Jehovah's Witnesses, who are an entirely separate denomination.
Has there ever been a Jehovah's Witness who has won their right to refuse blood?
Not sure if I understand the question correctly but surely any adult Jehovah's Witness or adult non Jehovah's Witness has the right to refuse a blood transfusion. If not then it means that someone else has the right to force a medical procedure on another.
