I am from Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and we are a Level I Peds
and Adult facility. We have a refrigerator of either 0- or 0+ blood at
the bedside, often prior to arrival, as soon as we have a patient
identifier (ie trauma tracking number, name, etc) and they meet our "trauma
code" criteria.
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Chris Martin phone 206-731-3345
Administrative Director fax 206-731-8671
Emergency Services pager 206-559-2262
Harborview Medical Center
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On Thu, 23 May 2002 Nursness@aol.com wrote:
> Are there any standards regarding having o-neg blood available in the ED.
> Should a level I center have it in a refrigerator in the ED? Is it any
> different at a Peds trauma center verses an adult? Immediately available is
> the intent but is it acceptable to have it kept in the blood bank with a 7-10
> minute response time from the patients arrival in the ED.
> I would be interested in any feed back in how it works at your center.
> Bev Ness, RN - Trauma Consultant
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