What is warmer blood?
warmer blood warms blood or fluids before transfusion to the patient. It can be used if there are concerns about the transfusion of a large volume of cold fluids. This might be necessary in cases where patients have experienced massive trauma and need large transfusions, or when they are fragile for medical reasons. However, as soon as the patient's body has begun to cool down, warm blood will not offer significant benefits; It is designed to prevent heat loss, not reverse it. Nurses and technicians can control the temperature and speed of the infusion. Blood heaters can be used in emergency environments, operating theaters and intensive care units to provide warm blood and fluids to patients who need them, and the hospital can maintain more heaters on the floor to ensure that it is always available.
The use of warmer blood is indicated when more than 50% of the volume of the patient's fluid is replaced by transfusion, or when blood is infused very quickly. Another perspective may be in surgery, kdE is required by several units of blood and later it could be needed. In order to reduce the risk that the patient develops hypothermia from too many cold blood units, warmer blood can be used. It is important to set the warmer in advance because it needs some time to work, so if nurses think it would be needed, they may start to make it accessible.
Instead of using warmer blood to deal with fear of possible heat loss, other options may include warming blankets or pads for the patient. These heat the whole body to compensate for hypothermia and keep the patient warm and comfortable. In patients who are at risk of hypothermia due to their medical consultation, simply warm liquid may not be enough and these measures could be more appropriate.
As soon as hypothermia is deployed, the patient must be heated by other measures. Infusion of warm fluids will not help the patient to warm up even if they can be part of treatment to prevent further heat loss aspatient treated. Taking care of hypothermia may include the patient's temperature slowly to avoid complications using different means.