Nursing 3920A/B Final: HP&C 3920 Exam Notes
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Where does blood come from: canadian blood services. 1: bc of the hiv crisis the need for screening blood got more important. What are indications for a transfusion: acute blood loss (loss of blood volume from bleeding trauma (mvc, falls, gsw)), clotting factors needed or rich oxygen supply needed, genetic health conditions (deplete stores) Identify as many transfusion reactions as you can: wrong blood, blood too quickly, reaction to blood (maybe the preservative sensitivity or full blown anaphylactic rxn) A patient might have hemo of 100 but they are oxygen hungry and they may need a blood transfusion to help with bleeding. Transports water and nutrients to tissues: most often transfused in burn units because they need volume. Blood also contains nutrients (carbohydrates), fats, hormones, clotting agents, and waste products (filtered out by. If you took a tube of blood and spun it down, you would see it separates = (pheresis). kidneys).
