Word: plasma
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...father's side of the family.* A paternal grand-uncle is known to have had bleeding problems in childhood; there is no maternal hemophilia history. The girl was hospitalized after loosening baby teeth caused excessive bleeding, is now responding favorably to standard treatment (i.e., injection of fresh plasma...
...blood cells into the veins of an anemic patient. So he takes a pint or more of whole blood and lets it stand. After a while, the red cells (40% of the total) settle to the bottom, along with dead white cells and platelets. A technician draws off the plasma and throws it away. At the same moment, possibly in a hospital across the street, another doctor wants to give plasma to a victim of burns or surgical shock. To save time, he usually gives whole blood, although all he wants is plasma. This way, a Niagara of blood...
...showing just a bit of its head. Minutes later, Paula gave birth to a healthy, 7½-lb. daughter. But the mother was hemorrhaging badly. Dr. Martin called the center for an emergency "wrecking crew." Within 20 minutes, a second doctor and nurse arrived with whole blood and plasma. Three hours later, assured that neither Paula nor her baby would suffer further complications, the crew was ready for another mission...
...About a thousand wounded are waiting in Dienbienphu. waiting for the end of their nightmare. Every day anxious telegrams are sent out from the fortress asking for blood plasma and drugs . . . Only 25 beds were set up in the underground hospital, because it was believed that the wounded would be brought to Hanoi by plane. The beds have increased to 400, and four surgeons have to cut away arms and legs which are threatened by gangrene, which they could have saved under normal conditions...
...ranch manager carried her to his car and raced five miles into town. Her physician, Dr. Jerry Fairbanks, 31, found her near death upon arrival. A nurse and another doctor lent their thumbs in turn to close the wound while Dr. Fairbanks gave Mrs. Rogers both plasma and whole blood, telephoned Yakima for more blood, and arranged for an ambulance trip to Spokane. Relays of state troopers rushed the blood 110 miles from Yakima; then Dr. Fairbanks bundled his patient up for the equally long drive to Spokane. He kept his thumb on the artery...