Question

1. Describe the difference between a whole blood transfusion and an infusion of packed red cells, pRBC. If a type AB patient experienced moderate and slow blood loss, but still required a transfusion, which procedure would most likely be administered in a hospital: a whole blood transfusion from a type B donor or a packed red cell transfusion from a type B donor? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

In whole blood transfussion blood of a donor person is taken and directly injected in person who has less blood volume or components of blood like rbc platelets etc. In packed blood transfussion blood is drained from donor and then it is centrifuged to draw important components like rbc platelets etc and then injected particular deficit component to acceptor.

If a patient whose blood group is AB needs blood transfussion and having minor loss of blood we should use packed blood transfussion to counter his blood loss or fullfill required components of blood.