Question 1
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Blood consists of what
Question 2
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White Cells are called
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Leucocytes
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Erthrocytes
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Thrombocytes
Question 3
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A straw coloured fluid that contains Water, potassium, sodium and proteins
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A Red coloured fluid that contains water, potassium and sodium.
Question 4
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Whats the shelf life of Red Cells
Question 5
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How long can platelets be kept at room temperature?
Question 6
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What temperature is Fresh Frozen plasma kept at?
Question 7
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Who needs irradiated blood?
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Stem cell and marrow transplant recipients or potential candidates
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Everyone
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Patients with Hodgkin's Lymphoma
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Patients taking certain chemotherapy agents such as fludarabine that inhibit cellular immunity
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Patients receiving blood from a first-degree relative
Question 8
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How many genetically determined blood groups systems are there?
Question 9
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The main groups tested for are?
Question 10
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The four different combinations for blood groups are
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A Antigen
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A and B antigen
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B and C Antigen
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B Antigen
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Neither Antigen
Question 11
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If a patient has B group blood what blood can they receive?
Question 12
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4% of people are what blood group?
Question 13
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What is cross matching
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Looking at patients red cells and seeing if they match
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Serological testing between patient serum/plasma and donor cells prior to blood issue
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Looking for the crosses in a patients blood
Question 14
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What are the safety regualtions in place for blood transfusion?
Question 15
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When do things go wrong with transfusions?
Question 16
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Which of the following must be checked prior to the adminstration of blood?
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Wrist band
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Consent of the patient
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Observations of the patient
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The patients blankets are the correct colour
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Prescription
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Correct documentation for the blood product
Question 17
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When should you check a patients blood pressure after commencing blood?
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Every 5 minutes for 30 minutes then every hour until complete
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After 15 minutes then every hour for the whole transfusion then again once this is complete
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Every 10 minutes for 2 hours then again once the infusion is complete
Question 18
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What symptoms would a patient experience when having an adverse reaction from a blood transfusion?
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Agitation
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Pain at cannula site
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Flushing
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Oozing from the wounds
Question 19
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What are the signs of a blood transfusion reaction?
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Fever
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Hypotension
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Oozing from wound sites
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Haemoglobinuria
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Shouting
Question 20
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What should you do when someone has an adverse reaction?
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Change the giving set and adminster normal saline
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Maintain clinical observations
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Inform the medical team in charge of the patients care
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Panic
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Check paperwork and inform the laboratory
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Return the blood bag/adminstration set to the laboratory
Question 21
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Where can you find out information about giving blood?
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The local vampire group
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www.blood.co.uk