Has the medical profession at last woke up to the dangers of blood transfusion? - Acts 15: 20, 29

[Mymom]

This is a trailer for a major new TV documentary scheduled
for release in the spring of 2012 called: Media URL: http://youtu.be/h1rCBcJut9c
Description:

[sandyRoe]

I think the benefits of blood transfusions far outweigh any theoretical dangers.

[yogasun]

Agree with sandy. I, for one, would not be here if I hadn't had several units in 1983. I assume you would refuse one then Mymom and for any of your family (if you have one) even if their life depended on it?

[naomi24]

Blood transfusions save many millions of lives. You people are dangerous. Shame on you.

[jno]

this a Jehovah's Witness thing? People are free to refuse transfusions if they want; I wouldn't, though.

[maggiebee]

One of my schoolfriends' parents were Christian Scientists. Her mother died when my friend was 14 and the rumour was that she had refused a blood transfusion which might have saved her life. May have been a load of nonsense, but very sad it it was true.

[Khandro]

Free to choose for themselves; yes, but I don't think they should choose for other people, such as children.

[vulcan]

Was there much blood transfusion carried out in those days ?

[Ankou]

its a jw documentary, so nobody is waking up to anything. other than stifled yawns and the sound of prosaic hogwash.

interestingly they claim to discuss the history of transfusions. presumblu, a hitsory that starts in about 1909 and long after any gobbledygook pinched bible references.

[naomi24]

The problem is they're doing their utmost to spread their dangerous philosophy as widely as possible - and anyone gullible enough just might believe them.

[chaptazbru]

The medical profession will NEVER wake up to the dangers of blood transfusion because there is NO danger - stupid post !!!!!

[Philtaz]

Several years back, before we had the specialist machines that we have now that re-cycle a patients blood we had a man (JW) come to Theatre for a ruptured triple AAA (aneurysm).
He can't have been too devout though because prior to surgery, when all the possible complications were pointed out to him he suddenly decided to consent to blood transfusion.
That decision undoubtedly saved and prolonged his life.

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chaptaz

\\\\\he medical profession will NEVER wake up to the dangers of blood transfusion because there is NO danger - stupid post !!!!!\\\\

That is not quite true.

[humbersloop]

It's an utterly disingenuous question OP.

Some people who appear in that trailer seem to be clinical experts in transfusion management, which is a different matter entirely from being opposed to it in principal as dangerous.

And rather shoots that arguement down in flames IMO. Make your own decision for yourself, not with others' lives

[sandyRoe]

Off topic a bit here. If the child of JWs needed a transfusion and the parents refused could a social worker get it made a ward of court so that it could receive treatment?

[humbersloop]

I believe things like that have happened in the past Sandy.

[sunny-dave]

No medical or surgical procedure is risk free (not even the famous "take two ibuprofen and monitor the situation").

But, on the balance of probablilities, transfusion is pretty safe for most people in most circumstances.

I'd be long since dead without a transfusion I needed during an operation when I was 17, I've done my best since then to give back more than I was given.

[Philtaz]

FAO sandyRoe:

From wiki,

In some countries, including Canada and the UK, a parent or guardian's decision can be legally overruled by medical staff. In this case, medical staff may act without consent, by obtaining a court order in a non-emergency situation, or without such an order in an emergency.[citation needed] In Japan, a doctor must respect the wish of an adult but can override the wishes of a child and its parents if the child is under 15. If a child is aged 15 to 17, a doctor will not perform a transfusion if the parents and the child refuse the transfusion. If a child aged from 15 to 17 objects to a transfusion but the parents demand the transfusion, then a doctor can override the child's wish.[citation needed] In the United States, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that in cases of "an imminent threat to a child's life", physicians in some cases may "intervene over parental objections".[32]

[yogasun]

A friend of our is waiting for a bone marrow transplant, only last resort now.I assume if a JW you couldn't have one then, OR an organ transplant as blood traces might be left in the donated organ.
Of course transfusion is not 100% safe but is well screened for the known nasty transmissibles.

[sandyRoe]

Philtaz, that's good to know, very sensible.

[Philtaz]

Well done SD, great attitude.

I work in a department of over 100 staff in the medical profession.
Only THREE of us are regular donors. It's a habit I've maintained since being in HM Forces, where most were pretty much ORDERED to donate but it's only fair given the nature of the job.