026 Blood Transfusions: History and Checking Compatibility

Join Yvonne Brandenburg, RVT, VTS SAIM and Jordan Porter RVT, LVT, VTS SAIM as we talk about: The history of blood transfusions in humans and animals. Then we discuss our pretransfusion work up protocols to make transfusing safe and easy.    Question of the Week Does your clinic perform blood transfusions, and if so, what is your pretransfusion protocol?  Leave a comment at https://imfpp.org/episode26   Resources We Mentioned in the Show  Manual of Veterinary Transfusion Medicine and Blood Banking https://imfpp.org/transfusionbook Small Animal Internal Medicine for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses https://imfpp.org/saimbook  Association of Veterinary Hematology and Transfusion Medicine (AVHTM) https://avhtm.org/ IMFPP Blood Transfusions https://imfpp.org/transfusion Jordan’s Blood Transfusion Article in NAVTA Journal https://imfpp.org/jordanstransfusionarticle   Thanks so much for tuning in. Join us again next week for another episode!  Get Access to the Technician Treasure Trove  Sign up at https://imfpp.org/treasuretrove    Thanks for listening!  – Yvonne and Jordan