Unit 2 Blood And Blood Products Flashcards
TMS #
Transfusion medical number. Unique number that is found on the patients blood product and is placed on a wristband after blood is taken.
TMS Form
Also called the blood bag tag. This form is attached to the blood bag and has the patients TMS information and blood bag information.
Blood Verification Record
This form is where all the information of the blood product is kept.This form becomes part of the patient’s health record and records each transfusion a patient has.
Packed Red Blood Cells
PRBCs
Used to treat sever anemia or blood loss.
Crossmatch required
Platelets
Often used to treat those with low platelets such as with thrombocytopenia
History of febrile and allergic reactions
Albumin
Used for volume replacement therapy, such as shock or a true renal failure.
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Recommended for patient with active bleeding and increased clotting times.
Vitamin k is often given with multiple units to increases ability to coagulate.
Cryoprecipitate
Prepared from plasma (frozen plasma is thawed and the precipitate is collected) and contains fibrinogen.
Used to treat Hemophilia A
Anaphylactic Reaction
Life threatening to blood production.
Anxiety, urticaria, wheezing, progressing to cyanosis, shock and possible cardiac arrest.
Febrile, Nonhemolytic Reaction
Most common transfusion reaction. Caused by the development of antibodies against the donor white blood cells, platelets or plasma proteins.
Circulatory Overload
Fluid or blood products are administered faster than the circulation can accommodate.
Acute Hemolytic Reaction
Infusion of ABO incompatible blood products or antibodies in the recipient’s plasma.
Sepsis
Occurs when bacterial contaminated blood products are transfused.
Whole Blood
Used in the treatment of massive bleeding, in exchange transfusion, and when people donate blood to themselves.
Plasma Expanders
Are agents that have relatively high molecular weight and boost the plasma volume by increasing the osmotic pressure.
