Parents plead for donors as 2-year-old with rare blood type battles cancer
The parents of a little girl in Florida are asking for help after discovering their daughter has an extremely rare blood type. She needs regular blood transfusions as she battles an aggressive form of cancer. CBS News correspondent Vladimir Duthiers explains. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - December 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Luspatercept Reduces Blood Transfusions in MDS and Beta-Thalassemia Luspatercept Reduces Blood Transfusions in MDS and Beta-Thalassemia
A novel agent reduced the need for blood transfusions in two separate patient populations: myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and beta-thalassemia.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 2, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Carrying and Administering Lifesaving Prehospital Blood
When New Hanover (North Carolina) Regional Medical Center’s AirLink teams began carrying prehospital blood in September 2017, patients experiencing hemorrhagic shock gained the ability to receive lifesaving oxygen-carrying red blood cells while being transported to the trauma center.
Prehospital blood transfusions are known to increase 24-hour survival while also decreasing the total amount of blood needed during hospitalization, but are only available on about half of the EMS helicopters in the United States. In a testament to the need for prehospital blood transfusions, the first patient to receive this lifesaving serv...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - November 28, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kevin Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, CMTE Tags: Trauma Exclusive Articles Source Type: news
Carrying and Administering Lifesaving Prehospital Blood
When New Hanover (North Carolina) Regional Medical Center’s AirLink teams began carrying prehospital blood in September 2017, patients experiencing hemorrhagic shock gained the ability to receive lifesaving oxygen-carrying red blood cells while being transported to the trauma center.
Prehospital blood transfusions are known to increase 24-hour survival while also decreasing the total amount of blood needed during hospitalization, but are only available on about half of the EMS helicopters in the United States. In a testament to the need for prehospital blood transfusions, the first patient to receive this lifesaving serv...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - November 28, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Kevin Collopy, BA, FP-C, CCEMT-P, NRP, CMTE Tags: Trauma Exclusive Articles Source Type: news
Blood transfusions 'absolutely critical' for Essex boy Henry
The parents of a boy with a rare blood disease plea for more donors over the festive period. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
