"QUOTES"
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We have organized many of the quotes that we use in our website so that you can use them in your own educational projects. The Quotes Page also acts as a data base since we provide the links to the sources of the quotations - this will help students, laypeople and Bloodless Medical Professionals alike to find source data for their educational research.
We begin with the following…
“Over the last five years, surgeons have replaced Iris Carr's knees, repaired a hip, removed a gall bladder. They have opened her chest to slice away a tumor from her heart. She did not develop any of the infections that can result from receiving someone else's blood: "I'm glad I went through with it.""
Iris Carr, Multiple Bloodless Surgery Patient, age89
MyBlood has categorized our favorite quotations into 18 categories.
We hope they become your favorites as well.
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Bloodless Surgery and Medicine
Risks and Dangers of Blood Transfusion
The Mysterious Transfusion Trigger
Traveling Overseas and Blood Transfusions
Synthetic Blood Substitutes
Scientists dream of a human blood substitute – something that can be given to a patient that needs a blood transfusion but that does not carry the risks of blood. Can human blood be duplicated?
More Than Just a Cooperative Surgeon Is Needed 
A complete Bloodless Program requires more than just a cooperative surgeon in the treatment of a Bloodless Patient. Before the surgeon performs the operation special preparation of the Bloodless Patient is needed.
Bloodless Surgery and Medicine Programs – a description
A Bloodless Surgery and Medicine Program generally refers to a surgical program in a hospital where homologous blood transfusions (blood from another patient) are carefully and intentionally avoided in order to fulfill a patient’s desire to avoid receiving a blood transfusion. These programs are expansive, detailed and complex and all of the techniques used have to meet the highest standards possible.
Transfusion Alternatives in Bloodless Surgery
Questions about the safety of the blood supply still persist and more patients than ever are asking if there are safe alternatives to human blood. The list of alternatives is longer than many believe and they available now.
Is Blood Bad for Women ?
Both post-surgical mortality and in hospital deaths are significantly higher for women than for men. Women are transfused more often than men. Is there a link?
Can Infants and Small Children Have Bloodless Surgery ?
Tiny tots and small children have had liver transplants, abdominal, cranial and other surgeries performed without a single drop of blood being transfused.
Is Bloodless Surgery an Option for the Elderly ?
Ask 89 year old Iris. She has had both knees and a hip replaced, a tumor removed from her heart, and more. She survived 5 Bloodless Surgeries and can tell her grandkids she has no worries about AIDS, Hepatitis C or any other blood borne disease.
Robyn Tharson
RNC, BSN
Coordinator - University Center for Bloodless Surgery and Medicine
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Simon Temple
Perfusionist
Brook Haven Medical Hospital
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