Blood transfusions save millions of lives every year throughout the world. Blood is one of the most significant components of medical and surgical treatment, because there is no artificial alternative. However all of that benefit but still Blood transfusion is associated with some threat, which may cause many negative effects. Many infectious agents such as hepatitis B virus (HPV), hepatitis C (HCV), HIV (HIV), and others like trimonimabalidum (TB) and malaria parasites (MP) can be transmitted to recipients through blood transfusion. So infected person with these infectious agents is the source of transfusion transmission infection to the recipient Pakistan, as a developing country, bears a significant burden of infectious diseases. There …show more content…
Over 18 million do not properly screen for TTI. In addition those 8.3 million units of blood are donated annually in Pakistan9. Each unit of blood has a 1% chance of receiving a transfusion. Problems, including TTI.10 WHO states that safe blood is a universal right, so all blood bags supplied should be screened for HBV, HCV, HIV and syphilis. Pakistan faces an ever-increasing demand for blood transfusion, especially for thalassemia, hemodialysis, and patients with hemophilia and for road accidents. Approximately 100,000 patients with thalassemia depend on blood transfusions and are at risk of developing TTI. This can limit their lifespan.11 many healthy individuals carry infectious agents of life-threatening diseases. These carriers represent a permanent threat to the community if donor or donor blood has not been adequately screened. The blood transfusion services in Pakistan are fragmented, and there is a wide range of standards of services provided by the various blood transfusion centers. There are almost 1,830 blood banks, but most do not provide standard blood transfusion services in line with WHO recommendations.9 Several centers implement WHO recommendations, but in general there is an urgent need to improve the quality of existing blood transfusion
She needed an immediate surgery and her physician recommended blood transfusion while surgery. Mattie brown wanted to live but denied the transfusion, due to her religions believe, which proscribed blood from others. Mattie was only the eyewitness against Andrea Ruby’s case so hospital performs blood transfusion despite for her religions belief. Mattie Brown insisted
In Blood Done Sign My Name, a young Vietnam veteran was killed in his home town in an incident that started a string of violence and hatred that has yet to be resolved in the town itself. The events that followed suit after the killing of Henry Marrow are told by a 10 year old Timothy Tyson who recounts the events and then later in life revisits them to try and make sense of the occurrences. Henry Marrow was begging for his life while three men beat him with their fists, feet and the butt of a rifle. Then someone cried, "Shoot the son of a bitch!" and one attacker shot into Henry's brain.
The Maryville Community Blood Drive collected 113 units of blood Sept. 19. According to Account Manager Betty Tinker, the goal for this blood drive was 115 units of blood. “We hold a blood drive here in the Maryville community every eight weeks,” Tinker said. “We usually have just about the same donor base coming in, we really would like to pump that up.”
During the mid-1900s, white and black communities across the southern states had disputes based on racial segregation within their society. The phrase “separate but equal” was still commonly practiced in some southern communities, in which African Americans still faced mistreatments and harsh discriminations. Timothy B. Tyson, a professor of Afro-American Studies, Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story is a memoir of his recognition of his early childhood experiences and other witness’s reports of the racial discrimination, segregation, and injustice death of an African American in Oxford, North Carolina. In the memoir, Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story, Timothy Tyson narrates about the racial discrimination he experienced in Oxford, North
The blood transfusions might be uncomfortable at the moment but they are potentially life-saving and a small sacrifice. However, a bone marrow extraction is excruciatingly painful and is much more traumatic than donating blood. Then Anna is asked to donate a kidney, which is a major operation and a major, permanent impact on her
Bloodletting, which is the withdrawal of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease, dates all the way back to circa 2500 BCE. It was used for centuries but not until the late 1800s was it questioned for its beneficiality, and it was still used in some forms during the 1900s. This practice first originated in ancient Egypt. Then it spread to Greece, Rome, India, and the Arab areas.
Blood transfusions allowed doctors to give blood from a healthy person to injured soldiers who had lost a blood . The x-ray machines and blood transfusions helped perform successful
A primary way that different cultures such as Norway use bloodletting is through the use of leeches. The leeches would be placed on the recipients or patients back and they would filter the blood out of a person’s body ridding them of the "sick" blood that was in them previously. The end of the 19th century is when bloodletting took a turn down word as its use was regarded as ineffective for most of its traditional purposes. However in today 's world bloodletting is being resurrected as an extremely effective method of treating blood disorders such as the overload of iron and other nutrients (Ulvik
Rashid Ahmed Guided Reflection Questions Opening Questions How did the simulated experience of Rashid Ahmed’s case make you feel? Overall, the simulation case of Mr. Ahmed was a positive experience that makes me feel in control and challenged by the situation. I perform multiple nursing skills and acknowledge acquired during lectures. For example, in reference to fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance information, I was able to identify the needs of a dehydrated patient.
The blood people need and international problem. The health and safety people are in. ii. Support idea 1. This is very serious because disaster is happening everywhere.
5-Prepare the new generation of transplant physicians and surgeons. In conclusion, Organ donation is a subject of controversy between societies in west and east. In order to implement this program efficiently and avoid the high rates of refusals we need a core cultural development. This development will revolve around changing the mentality of the members of a society while giving them the feeling of social responsibility. Finally since we are living in an islamic society, we have the priority to succeed in this program by following what god says, ”Whosoever saves the life of one person it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind.”
Prior to administrating a blood transfusion using the checklist that is provided by the work place such as Queensland Health, the Enrolled Nurse has the responsibility to ensure each item on the check list has been completed (Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (DDH&HS), 2009). These checklists provided by Queensland Health are to ensure the safe administration of a blood transfusion for the patient. Using the checklist for the transfusion of platelets the enrolled nurse will take note of the recommended administration set. Following the check list the Enrolled Nurse is responsible for checking there is a valid medication order from the doctor, checks for special requirements such as pre-medications, ensures patients has an IV for access
When we think of ‘donating’ we usually associate the word with money and we sometimes make excuses on why we can’t donate. But, we need to realize that there are so many things, some even more valuable than money that we can donate like, our time, items we no longer need, and our blood. I believe that donating blood can have a huge impact on someone’s life and it is something we should all consider doing. Receiving blood can be even more valuable than money for some people. Before donating we just need to consider the place we are donating to.
Student’s name: Damodar Uprety Date: 04/05/2017 Topic: Blood Donation Rhetorical Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the growing and never diminishing demand of human whole blood supply and to encourage or motivate them to be a regular blood donors to meet this demand with consistent supply at all times to save our fellow Americans who are in desperate need of blood transfusion. Thesis: The magnitude of blood demand is high in USA as well as the whole world; therefore all eligible donors should donate blood regularly, not only when it seems important enough. A pint of blood mean life to some and its absence mean their death.
Transmission occurs in large areas of Africa, central and South America, the Caribbean, Asia, Eastern Europe and the South Pacific. The body’s natural defence mechanisms that fight malarial parasites are more common in populations of people, that are continually exposed to the parasite. Also for individuals with inherited conditions such as sickle cell anaemia and Thalassaemia, which are in fact conditions in which cause abnormalities in the red blood cells. It is also found within people that come from regions impacted by malaria.