PRESENTED BY :- MR. ROMAN BAJRANG BASIC BS.C NURSING 2 ND YEAR RELIANCE INSTITUTE OF NURSING
IN TR O D U C T I O N B L O OD T R ANS F U S I O N I S D E F I N ED AS P R O C E S S OF THE ONE’S CIRCULATION I N T R A VE N OU S L Y . THI S I S U S U A L L Y RECEIVING BLOOD PRODUCTS INTO D O N E A S A LI F E S A V I N G M A N E U V E R T O R E P L A C E B L OO D C ELL S O R B L OO D P R O D U C T S D U R I N G SU R G E R Y WHEN T O INC R E A S E TH E B L OO D L O S T TH R O U GH S E V E R E B LE E D I N G, SEVERE BLOOD LOSS OCCURS OR COUNT IN AN ANAEMIC PATIENT. TRANSFUSIONS USUALLY INVOLVE THE USE OF TWO SOURCES OF BLOOD – ONE’S OWN ( AUTOLOGOUS TRANSFUSION ) OR SOMEONE ELSE’S ( ALLOGENIC TRANSFUSION ). BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS INVOLVES THE USE OF WHOLE BLOOD , RED BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, PLASMA, CLOTTING FACTORS AND PLATELETS.