Interesting video Deeje. I do have a question though. If during a bloodless surgery someone has an emergency and begins losing too much blood, what can be done except giving a blood transfusion?
There are no other people on the planet who know more about blood transfusions and bloodless medical procedures, than JW's.
We make it our business to keep up to date with all the latest techniques. Surgeons often refer to our Hospital Liaison Committee for advice on procedures involving JW patients. They have then seen the benefits and apply them to their non Witness patients as a result.
Even in emergency medicine, there are measures that can be taken if the surgeon is prepared and educated in bloodless techniques. Something called "cell salvage" can be implemented, whereby surgeons can collect the blood lost and recycle it back into the patient through a machine that cleans it and puts it back into continuous circulation.
Blood loss can also be countered by giving saline solution to expand blood volume until bone marrow makes up the red cells. The use of EPO to speed up red cell production is also a useful technique. If a person has blood loss to the extent that they are bleeding out, then little can be done to save that patient regardless of how much blood is administered.
Blood transfusions are dealt with by the body as a foreign invader, invoking a strong immune response that can itself weaken the body's ability to ward off infection, very commonly acquired in hospitals.
Bloodless surgery is proving to be so successful that the hospitals dedicated to these techniques are experiencing a high success rate and speedy recovery of their patients....meaning less time spent in hospital, saving the health care industry a lot of money. Blood costs a fortune to administer.....its a very lucrative industry which will fight any attempt to slow it down.....even lying to people about its success rate.
