026 Blood Transfusions: History and Checking Compatibility

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The history of blood transfusions in humans and animals. Then we discuss our pretransfusion work up protocols to make transfusing safe and easy. </span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Question of the Week</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Does your clinic perform blood transfusions, and if so, what is your pretransfusion protocol? </span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leave a comment at</span> <a href= "https://imfpp.org/episode26"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://imfpp.org/episode26</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></em></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Resources We Mentioned in the Show </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://imfpp.org/transfusionbook"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://imfpp.org/transfusionbook</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://imfpp.org/saimbook"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://imfpp.org/saimbook</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Association of Veterinary Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (AVHTM)</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://avhtm.org/"><s