Finding
In England, in both civil and army practice, organized transfusion services have proved to be of inestimablevalue.
Paper
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON TRANSFUSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Abstract
for giving blood. As blood substitutesthey have been using a crystalloid called 'I'utojueion. and a colloid called Periston, the nature of which are unknown. They store Group 0 (4) blood in blood stations behind the front lines. Here in Australia we are progressing along similar lines; but I believe we must go further. It seemsan opportune time to lay stress on the fact that any programme concerning transfusion therapy should include emphasison the establishment, maintenance and improvement of well-equipped army transfusion centres in various parts of this country, such centres to develop efficient and less expensive means of preparing dried serum and of confirming the question of maintaining liquid serum. These centres would act as bases for sendingsuppliesof preservedblood and serum forward to hospitals and casualty clearing stations. At these centres courses of training could be given to resuscitation teams and laboratory technicians, so that orderlies in forward units and trained sistersin hospitals would become proficient in the preparationof transfusion equipment and in assistingat transfusionsand at times even in giving them. Plasmainfusion teams with attachedhrematologistsare an entity in the framework of the emergency services of Leeds General Hospital. For our civilian community Red Cross blood transfusion centreshave been set up in each State for the taking of blood from donors, for the manufacture of serum and for use in a civilian emergency. Numerous teams at civilian emergencyhospitals are being trained as resuscitation units, capable of treating shock and of understanding transfusion technique. In England, in both civil and army practice, organized transfusion services have proved to be of inestimablevalue.
Authors
I. Wood
Journal
Medical Journal of Australia