BLOOD PRODUCTS FOR TRANSFUSION

WORKSHEET
PRODUCT USE
rarely used unless blood loss has been
Whole Blood massive

Packed Red Blood Cells

● Patients demonstrating
symptomatic anemia, which is a
reduction in red blood cells or
hemoglobin, resulting in
symptoms of tachycardia and
excessive fatigue (reflecting
reduced oxygen delivery to
tissues). This anemia may be
related to disease conditions
(e.g., end-stage renal disease,
cancer, GI bleeding, and the
like), surgical bleeding, or
trauma.
● Patients with cardiovascular
failure, with a need to increase
blood volume and red blood
cells while avoiding fluid
overload

utilized frequently in surgical settings

Autologous Red Blood Cells
 treatment or prevention of bleeding
Platelets associated with deficiencies in the
number or quality of a patient’s
platelets

useful in emergencies that involve

Fresh Frozen Plasma massive blood loss because it will
restore both coagulation factors and
blood volume. It is also an excellent
protein containing blood-volume
expander when a patient develops a
sudden critical fluid deficit: for
example, in a patient who is severely
burned and losing plasma rapidly from
burn areas

hypovolemic shock, albuminemia,

Albumin and Plasma Protein liver failure
Fraction

bleeding due to hemophilia,

Clotting Factors and disseminated intravascular
Cryoprecipitate coagulation, or depletion of
coagulation factors such as fibrinogen
following massive blood loss