A Cobb County trauma patient was the recipient of the county's first-ever pre-hospital blood transfusion. Joe Rogan sparked ...

In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion ...

This type is considered a universal donor because it does not have the antigens that could trigger a major incompatibility ...

Every day, hospitals throughout the U.S. transfuse blood or blood components, such as platelets, to save the lives of people who are in car crashes, and victims of fires and other emergencies.

A patient had anaphylactic transfusion reactions when transfused with small amounts (10 ml or less) of blood from four consecutive donors. Antibodies to erythrocytes or leukocytes could not be ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue launches an innovative EMS Blood Transfusion Pilot Program, providing life-saving blood transfusions directly to trauma patients.

Cobb County paramedics managed to save someone's life using a technique that had only learned just days prior.

including patient blood management (PBM), pre-transfusion testing, investigation of antibody problems and transfusion reactions, component therapy, hemostasis consultation, apheresis collections and ...

At this meeting, the residents also learn how to maintain a proper blood inventory, how to evaluate and manage patients with abnormal bleeding or presumed transfusion reactions, how to deal with risk ...

Compared with placebo, a preoperative and intraoperative infusion of tranexamic acid was associated with significant ...

A properly labeled blood sample must be obtained from the patient and sent to the transfusion laboratory along with the original transfusion bag and giving set. Post-reaction serum must be ...