Evidence that bloodless surgery is the way to go
" I shudder when I think about it, we used to just routinely transfuse"- Dr. Lori Heller
"More than 44,000 blood donations are needed a say, less than 38% of the American population is eligible to give blood, and less than 10% do annually" - American Red Cross Association
" This is not zealous, this is not crazy, this is not fringing medicine, and good hospitals want to get even better. They want to do the right thing. They just need to know what it is. As our knowledge of transfusions has progressed, we find that transfusions are less beneficial than we once thought and more harmful." (Dr. Timothy Hannon)
"Anytime we are exposed to someone else's blood , we are exposed to antibodies we have never seen before, people think blood is lifesaving, but complications are the price you pay." (Dr. Marisa Marques)
"Doctors and patients should not simply wait for research conclusions to consider changes in blood practice. They should educate themselves and their patients now about ways to use less blood." (Dr. Timothy Hannon)
"The vast majority of time when medical errors occur, they don't occur because the people are bad, they occur because organizations have not developed yet the kind of systems that we need to be able to catch errors and prevent errors. Medicine is a very human endeavor, and humans are fallible." (Dr. Fulkerson)
" The best blood is in your own veins"
" I shudder when I think about it, we used to just routinely transfuse"- Dr. Lori Heller
"More than 44,000 blood donations are needed a say, less than 38% of the American population is eligible to give blood, and less than 10% do annually" - American Red Cross Association
" This is not zealous, this is not crazy, this is not fringing medicine, and good hospitals want to get even better. They want to do the right thing. They just need to know what it is. As our knowledge of transfusions has progressed, we find that transfusions are less beneficial than we once thought and more harmful." (Dr. Timothy Hannon)
"Anytime we are exposed to someone else's blood , we are exposed to antibodies we have never seen before, people think blood is lifesaving, but complications are the price you pay." (Dr. Marisa Marques)
"Doctors and patients should not simply wait for research conclusions to consider changes in blood practice. They should educate themselves and their patients now about ways to use less blood." (Dr. Timothy Hannon)
"The vast majority of time when medical errors occur, they don't occur because the people are bad, they occur because organizations have not developed yet the kind of systems that we need to be able to catch errors and prevent errors. Medicine is a very human endeavor, and humans are fallible." (Dr. Fulkerson)
" The best blood is in your own veins"