Blood banks

What is blood banking?

• The process that takes place in the lab to make sure that donated blood, or blood products, are safe before they are used in blood transfusions and other medical procedures.

• The process of transferring blood products into one's circulation intravenously, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, clotting factors and platelets and storing the excess later on.

• The process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people and storing it for future uses.

Blood banking also includes?

• Typing the blood for transfusion and testing for infectious diseases.

• Reviving red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, clotting factors and platelets and storing the excess later on.

• Removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood.

Who was Dr. Charles Drew?

• Assistant Manager of the International Blood Bank

• Personal Assistant and brother to Joey Drew

• Assistant Director of the National Blood Bank

• Director of therapeutics at the Cook County Hospital in Chicago

When and where was Charles Drew born?

• June 27, 1975 in Santa Monica, California

• July 22, 1955 in Appleton, Wisconsin

• January 17, 1962 in Newmarket, Canada

• June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C​

At what age was Charles Drew at the height of his career?

• 34

• 35

• 36

• 37

What technique led to the development of the blood bank?​

• Separating and reheating the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

• Separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

• Conjoining and reheating the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

• Conjoining and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.

What did Bernard Fantus establish in 1937?

• The first hospital blood bank in the United States.

• The first successful blood transfusion in the United States.

• The first successful blood dialysis in the United States.

• The first successful treatment on blood cancer

In 1818, British obstetrician and physiologist James Blundell performs the ____

• First recorded human blood thinning.

• First recorded human-to-human blood transfusion.

• First recorded human-to-animal blood transfusion.

• First recorded animal-to-human blood thinning.

When was the term "Blood Bank" coined?

• 1937

• 1947

• 1957

• 1997

Blood banks can be used in the case of? (2 correct answers, choose both)

• When the patient has got into a situation where they require extra blood

• When the patient has a case of Anemia

• When the patietnt has got into an accident with heavy blood loss

• When the patient has a case of Leukocytosis.