Medical Surgery
Why do patients get blood
products? - answer-1. anemic
w/ a hgb < 8-10 2. increase
their blood volume 3. they
have a clotting disorder 4.
,surgical blood loss > 1200 5.
never just b/c List the two
main functions of
transfusions - answer-1.
increase O2 carrying capacity
of the blood 2. reverse tissue
hypoxia What is whole blood
given for and how is it
transfused? - answer--for
shock, low blood volume, low
Hgb, low Hct, hemorrhage -
500 mls over 2-4 hrs PRBC's
,1. what must you do first? 2.
what must you do for Rh neg?
3. how does it affect the
blood? 4. 1 unit = how many
mls? 5. what's the infusion
rate? - answer-1. must be
typed and cross matched 2.
Rh neg. gets Rh neg. 3. 1 unit
increase Hgb by 1g/dL or Hct
by 3% 4. 4 unit = 300-350mls
5. 250-300 mls given over 2-3
hrs, completed w/in 4
, Leukocyte poor RBC's 1. what
are they? 2. who are they
given to? - answer-1. a blood
product in which the WBC's
have been removed to reduce
risk of reaction 2. patients w/
known nonhemolytic
transfusion reactions and
imunosuppressed ppl Frozen
Fresh Plasma 1. how is it
seperated? 2. when is it
given? 3. are they cross
Why do patients get blood
products? - answer-1. anemic
w/ a hgb < 8-10 2. increase
their blood volume 3. they
have a clotting disorder 4.
,surgical blood loss > 1200 5.
never just b/c List the two
main functions of
transfusions - answer-1.
increase O2 carrying capacity
of the blood 2. reverse tissue
hypoxia What is whole blood
given for and how is it
transfused? - answer--for
shock, low blood volume, low
Hgb, low Hct, hemorrhage -
500 mls over 2-4 hrs PRBC's
,1. what must you do first? 2.
what must you do for Rh neg?
3. how does it affect the
blood? 4. 1 unit = how many
mls? 5. what's the infusion
rate? - answer-1. must be
typed and cross matched 2.
Rh neg. gets Rh neg. 3. 1 unit
increase Hgb by 1g/dL or Hct
by 3% 4. 4 unit = 300-350mls
5. 250-300 mls given over 2-3
hrs, completed w/in 4
, Leukocyte poor RBC's 1. what
are they? 2. who are they
given to? - answer-1. a blood
product in which the WBC's
have been removed to reduce
risk of reaction 2. patients w/
known nonhemolytic
transfusion reactions and
imunosuppressed ppl Frozen
Fresh Plasma 1. how is it
seperated? 2. when is it
given? 3. are they cross
