A tragic car accident occurred at the intersection of Speer Blvd. and 15th St. near Metro State University and UCD during the Monday morning rush hour. Mary Metro, a young pregnant student, was rushed to the emergency room at Denver Health Medical Center after being hit by an RTD bus while crossing the intersection. She would require several units of transfused blood.While in the emergency room, her blood was typed as AB negative, a very rare type. The hospital had no AB negative in the blood bank. Calls were made to other blood banks in Denver and no AB negative blood was immediately available. Several B positive, O positive and O negative units of blood were located at the Red Cross in Lakewood. While in the emergency room Mary Metro had an emergency C-section to deliver her baby, Brandon. At delivery Baby Brandon was in great distress with some type of autoimmune reaction and required a total blood transfusion. His blood was typed as A positive by the lab technician. You are the doctor and must begin an immediate life-saving blood transfusion on both Mary and Brandon. You will have to use the units of blood available from. Lakewood. You are also considering using one unit of Mary's blood to transfuse her newborn baby. You have located Brandon's Dad and he is rushing to the hospital to donate blood, although you don't know what blood type he is. Discuss all the options available to you based on blood typing. A) List the possible blood types the biological Dad could have based on Mary and Brandon's blood type, including ABO and Rh blood typing. B) Is the Dad a good source of blood for Brandon and/or Mary if he arrives on time? Explain your answer. C)What blood type(s) will you give Mary and what blood type (s) will you give Brandon that is available right now?
A tragic car accident occurred at the intersection of Speer Blvd. and 15th St. near Metro State University and UCD during the Monday morning rush hour. Mary Metro, a young pregnant student, was rushed to the emergency room at Denver Health Medical Center after being hit by an RTD bus while crossing the intersection. She would require several units of transfused blood.While in the emergency room, her blood was typed as AB negative, a very rare type. The hospital had no AB negative in the blood bank. Calls were made to other blood banks in Denver and no AB negative blood was immediately available. Several B positive, O positive and O negative units of blood were located at the Red Cross in Lakewood. While in the emergency room Mary Metro had an emergency C-section to deliver her baby, Brandon. At delivery Baby Brandon was in great distress with some type of autoimmune reaction and required a total blood transfusion. His blood was typed as A positive by the lab technician. You are the doctor and must begin an immediate life-saving blood transfusion on both Mary and Brandon. You will have to use the units of blood available from. Lakewood. You are also considering using one unit of Mary's blood to transfuse her newborn baby. You have located Brandon's Dad and he is rushing to the hospital to donate blood, although you don't know what blood type he is. Discuss all the options available to you based on blood typing.
A) List the possible blood types the biological Dad could have based on Mary and Brandon's blood type, including ABO and Rh blood typing.
B) Is the Dad a good source of blood for Brandon and/or Mary if he arrives on time? Explain your answer.
C)What blood type(s) will you give Mary and what blood type (s) will you give Brandon that is available right now?
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