That's not how it works.

At any rate, you either get Oneg or Opos (if you are not a women of childbearing age) in an emergency.

Your type and screen is repeated every 3 days. This is because there are more antigens than A, B , AB, and rH and you could produce antibodies to them, they screen for antigen negative units.

There have been cases where someone really fucked up and either got someone else's blood or other fuck ups happened with an ABO incompatibility.  In that case you have a transfusion reaction and your body breaks the cells down that was transfused into you. This doesn't cause legs in braces.  Renal failure is a risk. You would probably need dialysis. You would have anaphylactic shock and a host of other serious symptoms.

I know of a case where an Aneg person got Opos blood. It was immediately noticed, the person got rhogam and knowing the institution probably never were told that happened. I'm sure they were billed for the rhogam though.

The reason an rH negative person can get rH pos blood in an emergency is because it's not a natural immunity like ABO, so it takes time for the body to react. They can't get rH pos blood indefinitely though and it's better than dying.

The guy probably had leg braces because of why he was in the hospital to begin with.


Another common bullshit lie people tell is how they turned blue from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide bonds with the hemoglobin protein as if it were oxygen, making turning blue all but impossible. One of the clues is the dead people DON'T turn blue.

They type everyone each time they come in. It's quick, they even have instruments to do it now.

Some people, especially people that get frequent transfusions develop multiple antibodies due to all the exposure to antigens. If a person has that on history the blood bank will know to get busy trying to find compatible units while he's being re-typed and screened. Examples of these antigens are e, E, kidd, kell, s, c, lewis, and many others.

We had a patient with bombay, her sister was the only one that could donate. That's super rare though.

Might as we put a tattoo on your butt that says exit only...

Except during my early college years.

SS did that

Just put a mad looking cow on my arm. They won't take mine - oh some places have and I'm O Neg, but most places - nope. Lived in Italy in the late 80's.

See my post on page uno

Not a chance.

In my area, outside of the hospital even having real DNR paperwork in your pocket might not do it unless you're conscious enough to tell EMS before you lose consciousness. The few times I co-responded on a call where the issue came up, the only times paramedics honored a DNR were when someone showed them the signed copy and they could get their own physician advisor on the phone to confirm it.

I knew a nurse who had “NO CODE” tattooed on her chest.  I never asked.

Until this thread, I had no idea that had happened.  Apparently by the 1950's America had mostly forgotten about the Nazi's, or more likely didn't give a damn because we defeated the shit out of them.  It puzzled me that Chevrolet, starting in the 60's, used SS for their Super Sport badging on various models of cars, you would think that would have triggered certain people who had literally lived under the boot heel, and worse, of the SS but for reasons unknown today, it did not.

I think this is a psyop by inklets to capture more pureskins

Otherwise why not get your name, dob, social security number on your heel, in case you die in the middle of nowhere without I.D.
and instructions on how to change the serpentine belt you keep in your car on your forearm?

I tell the folks I teach med stuff to no one cares about you noting your blood type on yourself somewhere. Whether it’s a morale patch, written in your body armor, helmet or on your meat tag not a single medical provide will give you anything but O- until they determine your blood type themselves.

SS did that

I'll bet that same guy has tampons in his IFAK for chest wounds.

And we will not be administering blood products based on a tattoo.

You will be typed and matched.


I know I am B pos...but even if I tell that to a provider...they will still type and match.

Some of the SS troops in WWII had their blood type tattooed under their left arm.  It became an easy way to verify whether or not someone had served in the SS after we won the war.

He won't get typed blood because of a tattoo or a patch on your body armor

Got an asshole marine at work that has it tattooed on his leg/ankle area. A POS for a piece of shit.

It wasn't for the blood type specifically. They're called "meat tags" as it's a tattoo of your dog tags on your ribs (Name, Blood type, SSN, Religious preference).

The "reasoning" behind meat tags was so your body can be identified in the event you lose your head (dogtag(s) go missing), you lose your foot/boot that has a dogtag in the laces, etc.  That's really the only valid reason for a "meat tag".

Blood type on uniforms (typically left shoulder sleeve area) was done in some units since the 50's & was still common into the 80's,  before rapid blood typing became common. It carried over for a long time & as you can tell from this thread, is no longer useful.

Why would O negative make someone a fag?

Yes its an SS service tattoo, every member had one and most tried to burn them off at end of the war, as many places the tattoo meant death.

What is the SS tattoo a number or a symbol?  So the blood type on your  blood type on your morale patch is completely useless patch is uselss?

These were very common
in Recon and Infantry units in USMC mid 1980s to early 1990s. They are called meat tags.......

I think it would be more useful to have your name tattooed on your arms and legs so they would be able to keep all the parts together.

You’re getting O blood until they can verify otherwise.

And you’ve had sex with dudes.

You made his point.

this.

I have my type written on my vest but it is for me not them, if that makes sense lol.

J-

This! SCCA used to want your blood type on your helmet, a friend mine that also raced SCCA thought it was stupid, in that a minute or two in an ER can find your blood type. Another one where people that are clueless make bad decisions.