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Blood
Hugh Franklin
Composition of Blood
• Plasma
• Red blood cells
• White blood cells
• Platelets
• Lymph and interstitial fluid.
Blood Donation: Separation
Donated blood is extracted from a person and then stored
until use can be approved.
The main products of donated blood are:
• Plasma
• Red cell concentrate
• Platelet concentrate
• White cell concentrate
Blood is a mixture which means that these substances have
not chemically reacted to each other. Therefore the mixture
can be centrifuged so that different substances form ‘levels’.
Each substance has different properties which means they can
be separated through methods such as decanting and
filtration.
Blood Donation Products
The main blood products are:
• Plasma- this is the liquid part of the blood and is
transferred to a patient to increase the volume of blood in
that person that may follow severe blood loss.
• Red cell concentrate- This is concentrated red blood cells
and is used to boost the ability to carry oxygen around the
body.
• Platelet concentrate- This helps to clot the blood in people
that need that ability such as people with leukemia.
• White cell concentrate- used to fight against infection. It is
given to people who need the ability to fight infection such
as a person who has had a sever infection in the past.
Artificial blood
Artificial blood is the extraction
and purification of animal
blood.
It can be treated so that it
does not contain disease and
will therefore not cause a
negative reaction in patients.
It is able to be stored for years
at a room temperature and not
diminish in quality.
This fake human blood has
potential to be a great oxygen
carrier in a human body.
Need for artificial blood
Artificial blood is needed because:
• Donated blood does not have the
ability to be conserved for an
extended period of time and many
countries lack the technology to
sustain it for a minimal period of time.
• Donated blood products are likely to
be rejected by the recipient of the
blood’s body which means allergic
reactions or rejection reactions may
occur.
• Donated blood can also carry
transmittable and deadly disease such
as hepatitis or HIV which is be
contracted by the recipient.
Bibliography
Websites:
• "Blood components." Human Blood. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2012.
<http:/anthro.palomar.edu/blood/blood_components.htm>.
• "NSW HSC Online." NSW HSC Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2012.
<http://hsc.csu.edu.au>.
• "The Western Australia Patient Blood Management Program." WA Health Government of Western Australia. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2012.
<http://www.health.wa.gov.au/bloodmanagement/>.
Books:
• Mudie, Kate, Judith Brotherton, Carol Andrews, and Yvonne Sanders. Heinemann
biology. Port Melbourne: Heinemann, 2000. Print.
• I also used kiss worksheets and information.