Circulation/Artificial Aids

Circulation Aids

Artificial Blood:

• Is used when someone loses alot of blood - replaces the volume
• Dont have to match the patients blood type - can be widly used
• Artifical blood products contain sugars and proteins which may have been lost

Types of artifical blood products:

• Saline - replaces the volume of blood, safe, keeps people alive  even if they lose 2/3 of their blood cells
• Encapsulated haemoglobin
• Volume Expanders

Artificial Hearts:

• These are mechinacal which are put into the patient to pump blood if their heart fails
• Normally a temporary fix until a donor heart can be found
• Sometimes is a permanent fix which reduces the need for donor hearts
• They are not rejected by the body
• But surgury to fit it can lead to bleeding and infections
• They also dont work as…