Blood Transfusions

Actual, that's wrong! Marijuana is NOT on the list of drugs the FDA/CDC requires asked. It IS a legal prescription is several states, and those who take it that way are NOT barred from donating blood. There are very few drugs, legal or not, on the list that defers a donor. METHOD of administration is more important (i.e. sharing needles, injecting ANYTHING not prescribed or administered by a medical professional, etc.) However, DO NOT show up to donate high! Seriously, you need...

Jehovah's Witnesses do not refuse the transfusion process, just the use of blood. There are other non-blood substitutes that can be transfused into a Jehovah's Witness patient, such as ringers lactate, saline, or other blood volume expanders. The reason that we refuse blood is because of God's command which is repeated in several places in the Bible regarding blood. The Bible often states not to "eat" blood. We understand that to mean not take blood into the body at all. Romans 15:28,29 simply says...

Approximately 4.7 to 5.6 litres. This varies from person to person based on height, weight etc. about 4 litres in a female and 5 litres in a male There are around 6 Litres in the body 5 litres...

Deaths associated with the transfusion of blood products have been directly linked to the following: -acute or delayed hemolytic transfusion reactions, -transfusion associated cardiac overload (TACO), -transfusion related acute lung injury (TRALI), -transfusion associated infections (viral, bacterial, parasitic) -anaphylactic reaction (usually in an IgA-deficient recipient) ...

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According to Canadian Blood Services, a unit of blood is approximately 450 ml. The amount of blood in one person is five litres or 10.5 pints. On average, 4.6 units of blood are required per patient. ...

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Yes. Most of the drugs used in psychoactive disorders have relatively short half-lives, so even trace amounts would quickly get metabolized and eliminated by the new host. In any case, the Red Cross has guidelines for donors on certain medications (see link below). ...

No. Schizophrenia is a mental illness, not a physical one. It is at least theoretically possible that it could be hereditary, but definitely not contagious. ...

An Rh negative recipient may receive Rh positive cellular blood products IF the recipient does not have preexisting Anti-D antibodies present in their plasma, is not a female of child bearing age/capable of becoming pregnant and/or there is an emergent need for blood components (trauma, etc.) and Rh negative products are not available. If Rh positive products are administered to an Rh negative recipient, Rh positive components may continue to be administered until anti-D antibodies are detected on pre-transfusion screening tests. If Rh...

Many places in the Hebrew scriptures (Old Testament) humans are told not to eat blood, God forbids eating meat without first draining the blood, and Acts 15:20,29 states that we are to "....abstain from blood....." If your doctor tells you that you are to abstain from alcohol or dairy products, lest you should die, would you consider injecting alcohol or dairy products into your veins? Of course not. You would avoid those products all together in all forms. Therefore, JW's do not accept...

this better to say blood with high CO2 concentration is dark and blood with high CO (Carbon monoxide toxemia) is bright, so O2 saturated blood is just NORMAL. ...

It depends on the state/facility. Most LPNs are not allowed to perform blood transfusions, that is a task that cannot be delegated to ancillary staff, or those that are not registered nurses. ...

it is the plasma

"Adverse" means harmful or unfavorable, and transfusion probably refers to blood transfusion--so a negative reaction to a blood transfusion? The term is very vague; without context it's hard to say exactly what this would mean. ...

There is a reference to the Tishman twins in an old folk song, "Shake Hands With Your Uncle Max" by Allan Sherman. It goes: Shake hands with your Uncle Max, my boy And here is your sister Shirl And here is your cousin Isabel That's Irving's oldest girl And you remember the Tishman twins Gerald and Jerome We all came out to greet you And to wish you welcome home Although there maybe some twin siblings named Tishman somewhere in the world, Gerald and Jerome appear...

Transfusion is the infusion of blood. Many other things can be infused, IV solutions and medications but are these things are simply said to be infused. ...

positive and negative stands for either Rhesus Positive or Rhesus negative which means that a persons Red blood cells (RBC) either have D antigens on their cell surface membranes or not. a person who is Rhesus negative will have D Antibodies in the blood plasma and can only be given Rhesus negative blood types in a blood transfusion. Rhesus positive blood types can be given either D+ or D- in a blood transfusion as they have no D antibodies in their blood...

In the United States, approximately 42% of the population is type O and 15% is Rh negative. Based on these estimates, 6% would be Type O, Rh negative. Since O negative is used extensively in emergency situations and for neonatal transfusions, it is always in short supply. ...

Sponges do not have blood. They do not have a circulatory system either.

Blood substitute refers to an alternative to a blood transfusion which can mean one of a number of things. The number one alternative being used right now is to use a machine that collects the blood as you bleed out during surgery, cleans the blood and then puts it back into the body. This reduces the chance of a reaction to your heart, the chance of stroke or the extremely common infection that sets in after a blood transfusion. It also eliminates...

An average amount like your period. Anything more should be discussed with your dr. A good rule of thumb is soaking a maxi pad an hour for more than three hours is a sign of too much blood loss. If it were me, after 2 soaked pads I'd be getting checked out. Please remember not to use tampons for this blood flow. Your body needs to expel matter to prevent infection. ...

For gravy, any skin that forms on top can simply be removed with a large spoon, but usually gravy will not need skimming unless you let it sit for a while. Skimming is usually done for stocks, and the easiest way to accomplish this is with a ladle. Simply lower the ladle just until it breaks the surface - since the fat and foam float on top, they will be the first things to fall into the ladle. ...

PNSS is an isotonic solution that has the same tonicity as blood so there will be no hemolysis of RBC ...