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RickyMaveety · 03-23-2009, 08:43 PM

because I'm starting to notice errors in the medical shows again ...

Expectant mother starts bleeding ...

Doctor: Get me two units of O negative STAT!!

OK .... here's why it's wrong wrong WRONG!!!

Any expectant mother is going to have a blood typing done pretty much the second she gets into the hospital.

Without specifying packed cells, the doctor has about a fifty percent chance of having whole blood transfused.

If the mother is any type other than O, the O whole blood could do some pretty nasty things to her body and could damage the fetus as well.

And ... that's how I know I must be getting better ...

03-23-2009, 08:43 PM	#1
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	Well, I must be getting better ... because I'm starting to notice errors in the medical shows again ... Expectant mother starts bleeding ... Doctor: Get me two units of O negative STAT!! OK .... here's why it's wrong wrong WRONG!!! Any expectant mother is going to have a blood typing done pretty much the second she gets into the hospital. Without specifying packed cells, the doctor has about a fifty percent chance of having whole blood transfused. If the mother is any type other than O, the O whole blood could do some pretty nasty things to her body and could damage the fetus as well. And ... that's how I know I must be getting better ...