Lab 6 Blood

 LAB 6

Section 1.  Blood game

 
   
    Lab 6 was about matching blood types for two different car accident victims. Blood typing is based on the Rh factor. My first Pt was a female that had a blood type of: A Rh-.  Knowing that this Pt had type A blood she was only able to accept type A or type O blood. I set up two transfusion bags, the first was A Rh- the type of the Pt and the second was O Rh-. Both these were successful and the Pt lived. The second Pt was a male with: A Rh+ blood type. Again this Pt was A type so was restricted to type A and O blood. This Pt required four different transfusion bags. The first was the victims same blood type: A Rh+ the second bag I choose was: O Rh+ the third was: A Rh- and the final bag was: O Rh-. All these were successful and the Pt lived. At the end of the exercise I was awarded 5 blood drops for my efforts. With both these Pt's being A blood type "a transfusion of any type B or AB blood would provoke antibodies to mount an attack against the B antigen of the donated RBCs causing them to agglutinate."(Johnson p.153)


Section 2. Leukocytes


 


1. Basophils- The rarest white blood cells. They contain histamine that releases a chemical the initiates the inflammatory response.

2. Eosinophils- These are the first to defend the body against large parasites such as worms.

3. Lymphocytes- These are found in the bloodstream, tonsils,spleen,lymph nodes, and thymus gland.

4. Monocytes- These filter out the bloodstream and take up residence in body tissues, where they differentiate into the macrophages.

5. Neutrophils- These are the first white blood cells to combat infection.

Johnson, Michael. Human Biology Concepts and Current Issues. Seveth ed. Glenview: Pearson Education, 2014. Print.