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If you are injured or have certain illness that needs blood they may receive a blood transfusion to replace lost blood, but before transfusion heath care workers must identify patients blood type. If the wrong blood type is given the persons, blood clumps and blocks tiny capillaries, oxygen does not get to cells, and without oxygen, cells die. If you are severely injured and need blood it saves time if they know your blood type. It also is handy for DNA purposes.
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How would you know where to find your blood type?
You can find your blood type through a blood test at a medical lab or hospital. Your blood type may also be recorded in your medical records or on a blood donor card. It's important to know your blood type for medical purposes, especially in case you need a blood transfusion.
I have blood type A, and I know that somehow type A is different from the other types, but I would like to know what they are.?
If you have blood type a you can donate blood to other people who have type a blood and to people who have type ab blood. People with type a blood are said to have thicker blood than the other blood types.
How do I determine blood type?
You can find out your blood type by either donating blood to The American Red Cross or some other charitable organization and receiving a donor's card, or going into a clinic and getting a blood type test. There are also home kits and the like that can tell you your type, but their accuracy is debatable.
Where did you get your a positive blood type?
I know a lot about blood types but I don't understand wat ur asking you get ur blood type in your genes but I don't know if that is wat ur asking
How can I tell what my blood type is?
Go to your doctor and request a blood test, tell them you want to know your blood type, a phlebotomist will take your blood in a series of vials, then a few days later you will get a letter in the male or you will go back into the doctors and they will tell you your blood type.
Why is it important for doctors to know your blood type?
so they can draw the blood type and save someones life
What is the use of blood groups?
It is important that you know which type of blood you have in a blood transplant because if the person who is donating blood to you does not have the same type of blood as you it could be fatal for you.
Do I need to know what my blood type is before I give blood?
No, it is not important to know your blood type before donating. Your blood will be typed when the organization you donate with (such as the Red Cross) screens yous blood for diseases.
How would you know where to find your blood type?
You can find your blood type through a blood test at a medical lab or hospital. Your blood type may also be recorded in your medical records or on a blood donor card. It's important to know your blood type for medical purposes, especially in case you need a blood transfusion.
When must you know your blood type?
It's really almost never vital that you know your blood type.It's somewhat more likely to be important that your doctors know your blood type, but it's standard procedure for them to test it even if you tell them what it is, just because you might be wrong.
I have blood type A, and I know that somehow type A is different from the other types, but I would like to know what they are.?
If you have blood type a you can donate blood to other people who have type a blood and to people who have type ab blood. People with type a blood are said to have thicker blood than the other blood types.
Why you must know your blood group?
It is important to know your ''blood type'' (as it is referred to) because if you need blood, your body will only accept the blood that is your ''blood type'' Another reason, is that if you ever have the need to ''give'' blood, you can only ''give'' blood to someone who has your ''blood type''. It is advisable to carry around a card with blood type, in case of an emergency and you need blood. It will save time having the labs take your blood and test it while you might be dying.
Can one go to the hospital to have their blood type checked?
One should go to their doctor for their blood testing. Most doctors will send you to a lab on premises. Its very important to know your blood type if their is an emergency. I do not know mine and really would like to now.
How do I know my blood type if I dont know my parents blood type?
You actually do not have to know your parents blood type to find out your own. A simple blood type test can be done at most hospitals, blood banks or red cross facilities. They are fairly inexpensive.
How do you know what blood type you have?
You can find out your blood type through a blood test. This test is typically done at a healthcare provider's office or a donation center. Knowing your blood type is important for medical procedures, blood transfusions, and understanding your own health.
Why is is important to know your blood group?
1-It is good and important for each one to know his/her blood type, because life full of risks and accidents, so as when some one get injured from a situation, if he/she still conscious he/she will tell the doctor his blood type, and so they wont waste time in knowing it.even if doctors doesn't know the patient blood type, they could give him/her the (O) blood type because it is general donner and accepted for all types.2-If some one from the family had an accident, and he wated blood transfusion immediatley, and his type is not available at the blood bank, you could donate blood to him/her without wasting time, if your blood type was suitable.3-If someone needs organ transplantation, for example a heart or kidney, the blood types of donner and acceptor should be identical.4-knowing your blood type is like an ID for you and for everyone.5-when getting married it is important to know your Rh. type is it positive or negative, so as to compare it with your wife, if she is negative, she need to take an injection special for this situation, because the baby will be (+) if the husband is (+) , and so the injection is given to kill the Rh+ Anti-bodies that drain from the baby to the mother through Placenta at time of birth.6-If both parents know their blood types, they can predict the kids blood types.Those are the most important tips for why it is important to know your blood type, if anyone knows more reasons please add :)
To donate blood do you need to know your blood type?
It is not necessary for you to know your blood type in order to donate blood. Each blood donation is processed and tested in order to establish the blood type as well as the presence of infectious diseases. Your blood will be processed in this manner regardless of your knowledge of your blood type.
