Table 1 Guidelines for blood collection and storage in combat areas
From: Fluid resuscitation in haemorrhagic shock in combat casualties
Donation |
Develop a pre-deployment roster of pedigreed donors (screened every 90 days) |
ABO and Rh |
Transmissible diseases |
In emergency situations |
Prefer previous and type O donor |
Perform onsite ABO typing |
Perform direct cross-match if possible |
Treatment |
Use approved blood recipient set(contains anticoagulant) |
Fill until 650-mL bag is nearly full (approx 450 mL blood) |
Draw cross-match and transmissible disease blood tubes |
Submit to supporting lab even after use of blood |
Storage |
Keep fresh warm blood no longer than 24 h |
If less than 8 h old, may be refrigerated for 3 weeks |