What Medical Info Should you Keep on Your Kit? 

Type O is very rare. If anyone has type O blood they should definitely donate.

Omw to juice some typ O POWs and feed them iron supplements and sugar cubes.

Yessir. I donate ~6x a year since 2001. Minus 2 deployments and almost a whole year during covid quarantine. @@notnog

​@@notnog I am type O, never donated willingly. Only when I was a POW 😂

I hope so because I'm O-. And I have an O- patch on my vest 😂

Thanks for being a bro. 👍

Same here. I have a buddy who’s wife worked at a blood bank, once she found out I was O neg, she called me everytime I was eligible

Hot nurses? Damn, wish I was O neg. 😂

I'm opos and was also "highly encouraged" and gave blood every other month since boot. Never got soda for it though, just little juice boxes

im O- as well, however after i got documented hart problems and started taking meds all i had to do was tell the person on the phone that people will die if i donate blood, only took a few months and no more calls. I went that route because telling them "i have a documented heart issue and I'm taking meds, i can not donate" just didn't seem to get through their thick skulls

im O- so I wanted to donate. I have overall very good health, but very low blood pressure. I passed out while getting a blood drawn for a blood test, I don't think I can manage getting a pint drawn

I’m O- but the red cross doesn’t want my blood because I kiss men.

Does plasma count? I sold plasma to make rent a few times

​@@LocalDiscordCatgirlThat still makes no sense. Literally anyone can havr an STD, not just boykissers.

@@AverageHistoryEnjoyer1914 it's a remnant from a more homophobic time. You're very likely going to live to see that disqualification be taken away.

This! One of the first things I remove.

But your blood group will be prepared before you reach the trauma room saving time

It won’t be. You will get O+ or O-

End Of Watch: "Don't cut my vest! They cut my vest!...."

​@witchdoc5075 well your a little fucked in the head if a patch is the first thing you remove, you should remove clothing or carrier first to examine injury severity 🤦‍♂️

Oh so you don't just give everyone type O blood?

@@Rex_Starborne Emergency release is performed for all patients regardless of type if we don't have a valid type and screen. In an emergency release you give O pos or O neg, uncrossmatched which means we skip the clerical and potentially manual crossmatching process. Assign it to them, dispense it, give the blood usually as quick as possible. We get a type and screen after, and use the patient's plasma to manually crossmatch it with a small amount of the unit of blood we saved. If there's no reaction then great, the person is not going to potentially die. If so, that was an accepted risk of emergency blood to be honest. If we need to give someone a unit for standard anemia we first get a type and screen, then crossmatch and assign them the unit and the nurse comes and picks it up at their leisure (usually hours later lmao). In my lab we keep O, A, and B, and usually more pos of each than neg since Rh-negative is a recessive gene. If either of your parents have pos, you will have a positive blood type. Both have to have a negative blood type for you to be negative. If you're AB, you can get A or B or O blood, and AB negative is a universal recipient.

​@@jupitersscourge Hey, just wanted to thank you for confirming O+ can go to most folk. Used to donate all the time, my favorite lunch place had a blood donation center next door. Kind of fell out of the habit when I stopped having money, and figured O+, while popular, wasn't as handy as O-. Now that I know better, I'll try to get back into the swing of things. On the off chance my blood saves a life, you and this channel deserve the credit. ^.^ (As a gimpy creature, I assure you, flopping down and chilling for a spell is most of my experienced, and needles aren't anything to fear. It's transport that's a snag.) If you have the time and inclination, if O+ can go to most folk, who can't it go to?

​@@dracodraco1982 People you would prefer not to give O pos to: Anyone with a negative blood type. The first time a negative blood type is exposed to positive, it will develop antibodies for the next exposure, so it works without complication ONCE. If, say, a mother with a negative blood type has a baby with a positive blood type (father being positive for instance) then she'll develop antibodies to the next baby's D antigen. That second child can straight up die because mother and child share blood. Her antibodies will cross the placenta and just go to town on the baby's red blood cells, causing massive hemolysis. This is way more severe for the baby than it would be if we accidentally transfused her with positive blood, since ALL of the baby's blood cells will be attacked.

@jupitersscourge yes, but that complication is easily and safely mitigated with rhogam. If a patient has developed antibodies from a previous exposure they still probably won’t experience a hemolytic reaction in the presence of severe trauma simply because their immune system is so depressed. We only carry O+ on the helicopter and give it regardless of demographic.

Donor incoming! 😄

Actually can’t use a corpse for blood

Hey if you don't mind me asking ik he said blood patches are not helpful but I got a card from a blood drive that's says my blood type would this be anymore helpful or would I still get o+

@@troysasser1517 One problem with the patches is, they are not personal. If you borrow a vest/jacket from a friend and he has his blood patch on the vest but now you are wearing it, you would get the wrong blood. When you have an official blood donor cart (with your name on it) it's different. But it has to come from a certified laboratory. In my hospital, if it is an official blood donor cart (not older than 2 years) we can use it. Normally we have to do two separate checks in order to give specific blood, but with the card we would only do 1 and use the info of the card as the second. So if you really need blood fast (in an emergency) you still will get 0- or 0+

We do it in the fleet and is often a requirement

Android phones have similar, in the emergency contacts section.

Correct 🚑🚒🚓 . I filled out a few points if a PD 🕵🏼‍♂️ or First Responder needed to see it. I'm a US veteran in the VA.gov system. My metro area has a 🏥 24-07 ER, trauma care Veterans Affairs too. EMTs or FD could take me directly there if needed.

I appreciate your service brother!!!

If you are in hostile territory, PUT THAT IPHONE IN A FARADAY BAG OR THROW IT OUT. The same magic that allows anyone to track an iTag applies to all iPhones. Whether they are on or off, they constantly chatter on BTLE . So while the bad guys aren't listening in, it doesn't take a lot of skill to make an iPhone detector. If you're a half mile or mile from the bad guys? Congratulations, you are sending up flares to show your approach. Androids do this to a lesser extent, and some of them allow the battery to be pulled, which is the best thing.

Android has it too. It's easily accessible from the lock screen. Just hit the emergency button on the lock screen. It'll bring up the dial app to call 911. On that screen there's a button for medical info

yea idk why he said he wouldn’t want to advertise that. Is there a stigma against diabetics or something ??

@NithinJune 98% of Diabetics are Type 2, which is not insulin dependent. Type 2 is an insensitivity to the insulin your body makes, it is usually caused by a combination of poor diet, obesity, age, and/or genetics. That is a stigma though too, there are less commonly some very healthy and fit people who develop Type 2 Diabetes. Type 2 is treated with pills, diet management, exercise, and in extreme cases insulin. Type 1 diabetes is more rare, it is caused by the destruction of the cells in the pancreas that create insulin. It is usually a genetic autoimmunity, your immune system accidentally targets your pancreas and kills it off. Type 1 requires taking insulin injections at least a half dozen times a day for the rest of your life. It can be cured with a pancreas transplant, but transplant surgery is risky and the body will eventually kill off the donor pancreas just as it did the original one.

Actually got my t1d medic alert bracelet tatted on my wrist and has definitely saved my ass on more than one occasion lmao

As Jocko would say, “Good.”

Exactly my thought. lol Bunch of wannabes...

Your tone is super special. What did you hope to accomplish?

Males get unmatched O POS, females get O NEG. Cross matched if time. (Gave 10 units today)

@@mrmicro22 I was trying to accomplish nothing honestly 😂

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You can do what you want. I'm a veteran: Army 95B(now called 31B) MP & a Florida licensed security officer- since 2000. 🚑🚒🚓 fields are often filled with rigid hammer heads, people who have opinions-beliefs & by God, that's it! 🤔 I had a black A+ blood patch. I'm fine with wearing that. I also donate blood, since the 1990s. I'm not "guessing" 🤔.

@@DavidLLambertmobile It doesn't matter if you are 100% sure, you're getting O if you come into an ER bleeding out.

Yup that’s why all hospitals in the us carry ample supplies of O- and O+ blood

Absolutely, you should only receive O negative blood, ideally cross matched because there are multiple other typing proteins other than ABO

Thanks Doc. I'm no mecical professional but I didn't even know O+ was a type of universal donar. Only that O- is helpful and that's why I've given close to 30 gallons donated in my life time. And honestly, I keep my patch on my gear and gun bag not for someone to trust the blood type, but just to give them a hint that they may want to be cautious about the blood type I may have. I have been typed in a hospital for on hand donor blood for a friends open heart surgery because they were O- also. So I know the O- is accurate. I also wear a RoadID bracelet identifying a phone number or web site that you can get all my med stats in a matter of about 2 minutes. I understant that first responders are pretty familiar with road ID at this point. @@doctordaveairborne5476

“minor reaction” bro that’s gonna kill you

​@@therealbarista Not in all cases. The antibodies associated with the D antigen (the main antigen of the rh group) aren't inherently present in D-negative patients. Also, there is far less risk with receiving the wrong blood type if you're actively bleeding out, since that tends to weaken the immune system. It's common for trauma centres to administer O-positive blood without knowing the patient's blood types. Do you believe that they are all guilty of murder?

What would happen if the bloodbank was empty on universal O blood but had small selections of a few others ? Could be pointless could save your life. We don’t know if or what tomorrow brings and if someone wanted to wear a patch who gives a F*** it’s a free country and you do what works best for you and yours. If it doesn’t work most likely you’re already gone.

@fargoalspach557 if they ran out of O then they would simply type and screen you and get you the correct blood. They still would not take a patch into consideration. I agree, you can still wear a patch, I’m only pointing out that it’s pointless stateside.

I'm a licensed security officer G in Florida FDACS.gov since 2000. I disagree with some of this content but a few points are valid. If you are a sworn LE officer or armed professional, you can learn or be aware of basic first aid, trauma care 🚑. You can wear a blood type patch if you choose. Or carry a tourniquet, IFAK 🏥. Not everyone is slobbering moron or mall ninja.

@DavidLLambertmobile but what’s the blood patch getting for you. A med pouch and bleeding control items are actually effective and can be implemented with very small amounts of training. A blood patch? It doesn’t do anything for you.

@@PrepMedicYou are operating under the assumption that no medical personnel are going to take a blood type patch seriously. Why do you assume this as a fact?

My family experience is that advanced directives simply aren't looked for and ignored if staff are made aware of them. This has also happened to someone with DNR tattooed on their sternum who had an observed arrest whilst an inpatient. He had been extremely explicit on admission about his wishes too. The only exception seems to be late on in palliative care and not always then. I suppose it has to be this way just in case but it's frustrating when people take the effort to do an advance directive

Legal advanced directives must be adhered to. In most states this is a signed document by the patient and a physician. Unfortunately just tattooing “DNR” on your chest does not constitute a legal directive and the medical team is required to treat the patient, even if the patient verbally states they want nothing done prior to requiring resuscitation.

@@PrepMedic I should have stated that my experience is in the UK. It's not easy to get a legal advanced directive and not infrequently ignored. Good to know that the US is more consistent

Pretty useless in a hospital but not so useless if SHTF and you need a transfusion and someone has the needles & tubing to do it and there is potential someone with your blood type that you could be connected to.

It was dumb in the military too.

I appreciate the idea but am confused with the idea that we'd have any blood supply in an end times situation, doesnt blood go bad really fast if it doesnt have an agitator and kept at a consistent temperature level? All power to you I like it and I think most of us do, but it did make me confused with the end times reasoning

@krelekari walking blood banks are essentially a direct transfusion between two people (I draw a vampire bag off myself and immediately transfuse it into you). SOF units have started doing it in select circumstances. It’s still not going to help you in a full “grid is down” situation as blood is a temporizing measure and you will still need a surgeon to fix the leak.

@@PrepMedicLet’s say you had a family member and/or friend that was a surgeon and you found a way to reliably store blood and other essentials(not super large quantities like a hospital but whatever you can get your hands on) for a long period of time, what is the likelihood of caring for a wounded team member(s) that have GSWs?

⁠@@AJ_Sparten1337 I’ll answer this for him, 0

Exactly this. Blood type patches absolutely matter. And no, not just SOF units work with walking blood banks. Every line infantry corpsman is getting trained up in valkyrie. In the field blood transfusions are becoming a very normal and well rehearsed thing. Keep your blood patch, if you work with anyone thats worth their money it might save your life.

It's alright. It let's me know from a distance that you're a phony idiot.

In this life one should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.

It doesn't. It makes you look like a military wannabe.

@@GuitarGuy057 can make me look like a Tyler Durden for all I care, still gonna wear it

I have an ICE app with all that info on my phone and then some. It's accessible from the lock screen. I am a hiker, and I also have a RoadID on my watch band. It has my name, DOB, spouse's & adult offspring's names & phone #, major diagnoses, NKDA, and a contact #for the rest of my info AND copies of my advance directive

JW patch? That would just mean no blood. Or does JW mean something other than Jehovas Witness?

@@rivenarchon333 That's the joke.

Funny story, a study found a lot of dog tags in the military actually listed the wrong blood type. But yeah, I think you are right about civilians doing it for the cool factor

Only acceptable way is lab testing. Anything else is a transfusion related incidiendo waiting to happen lmao

Yet units still require it in their SOP's

Eh I think it’s just one of those things where it doesn’t hurt to have and it could hypothetically save a life

@@henryschmidt485 oh I agree with you. I’m saying that units still require it as a counter argument to mikes useless comment.

@@henryschmidt485, it's not going to save a life. If your medic is carrying blood it's group O low titer. If you're in a SOF unit that does walking blood banks, the ROLO/ SOLO protocol is for a member with group O low titer to start their vampire bag. The hospital will not give you anything else until you're cross typed and matched. Even having it on the dog tags is pointless, and a military study showed that a significant amount of blood types on the dog tags were incorrect.

rh- cannot get + blood, but rh+ can have both.

Fat Cat, while that is traditional teaching O+ blood is used very regularly for emergency uncross matched transfusion. We only carry O+ on our helicopter. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37698202/

@@PrepMedic oh, thank you

Blood types are on the dog tags or on you kit aren’t taken as gospel in the military healthcare setting. What it does do is act like another piece of information to verify you got the right patient. You have a super common name like mine you can get confused for someone else. Wrong charts do get pulled. That’s why you have several lines of info on your dog tags. Additional information is never a bad thing when it comes to identifying your patient.

They can receive it once without complication. You aren't born with antibodies to the Rh antigen.

Mainly because it doesn’t actually speed anything up. They will still type and screen you before moving you away from O blood.

I ain't scanning random QR codes with my personal or work device.