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Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
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.
Name two advantages of donating blood
Donating blood stimulates blood cell production
Donating blood wont enable you to get free health checkups
Donating blood may reduce stress
You dont get paid for donating blood
Name any two disadvantages of donating blood
Fainting may become an issue
Vomiting is possible
You should donate plasma on a regular basis
You wont meet like-minded people by donating blood
