04407nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-031-68715-0 DE-He213 20251030113326.0 cr nn 008mamaa 241126s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031687150 978-3-031-68715-0 10.1007/978-3-031-68715-0 doi RC633-647 MJF bicssc MED038000 bisacsh MJF thema Kvržić, Zdravko. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 87999 History of Blood Donation and Transfusion Medicine [electronic resource] / by Zdravko Kvržić. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVII, 311 p. 91 illus., 29 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Chapter1. Perspective on blood through history and its impact on transfusion.-Chapter 2.The curious case of Pope Innocent VIII.-Chapter 3. Animal blood donors for human patients -- Chapter 4. The first human-to-human transfusion in 1818 -- Chapter 5. Interesting cases of transfusion in the 19th century -- Chapter 6. The discovery of blood groups in the 20th century -- Chapter 7. New developments during World War I -- Chapter 8. Different methods of transfusion by the 20th century -- Chapter 9. The first voluntary blood transfusion service in the world.-Chapter 10. First blood banks -- Chapter 11. Blood organisation during the Spanish Civil War -- Chapter 12. Blood donation and transfusion during World War II -- Chapter 13. Important events after World War II -- Chapter 14. New advancements in transfusion medicine -- Chapter 15. History of blood donation and transfusion medicine in the Republic of slovenia from 1875 – 1945 -- Chapter 16. Organization and development of blood donation and transfusion medicine from the end of World War to present time. This book offers a global overview of the history of blood donation using evidence-based research to provide accurate information on the beginnings of blood donation and transfusion medicine, developed as the result of numerous trials and successes throughout history. It leads the reader step-by-step through time, to discover how people perceived blood, and how they managed to develop new ways of treating various unfortunate conditions that shattered a person’s healthy life. This book also presents new technical discoveries that have advanced through the present day and explains how, in cases of deadly diseases, safety procedures for blood examination have been made mandatory. The conditions that led to the contamination of thousands of patients by HIV and hepatitis C around the world are explained, and the debate between voluntary and paid systems is covered as well. This book is a unique resource beneficial for everyday practice, as it encourages the reader to develop advanced practices for better and safer work with blood donors and in transfusion medicine; It gives a sense of humanitarian devotion to the deed of giving a part of yourself to save others’ lives in danger because of trauma, disease, etc., and it shares different stories of blood donors, to help patients get over their fear of donating blood. It is useful for nurses, doctors, students, blood donors, historians, and other experts! Hematology. 76927 Medicine History. 71334 Nursing. 10295 Surgery. 72080 Emergency medicine. Military history. Hematology. 76927 History of Medicine. 71335 Nursing. 10295 Surgery. 72080 Emergency Medicine. Military History. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031687143 Printed edition: 9783031687167 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68715-0 ZDB-2-SME ZDB-2-SXM 65186 65186