Yeah that was one awful surgeon.
I guess with all the A+ medical school graduates there's a few D- minus ones too.
A surgeon who refused to do the surgery without officially verified safe blood, starts the surgery without adequate supplies, and then accepts two bags brought to her from out of nowhere. The writers don't seem to be trying very hard.
shareWalter O'Brien is the smartest person in the world and if he says it is so then it must be. Since all the other doctors are less intelligent they are by definition wrong.
Or maybe Walter O'Brien is not the smartest person in the world.
For those who don't know or don't remember,type 'O' blood is the universal donor and type 'AB' is the universal receiver.
If you have Rh-positive blood, you can get Rh-positive or Rh-negative red blood cell transfusions. But people with Rh-negative blood should only get Rh-negative red blood cells except in extreme emergencies. This is because an Rh-positive blood transfusion can cause a person with Rh negative blood to make antibodies against the Rh factor.
Bottom line: O- can donate to AB-.
Indeed the second they said I blurted out BS! I'm AB- myself and when was 11 I had Scoliosis corrective surgery. My rents organized a Blood Drive for me and and almost every donor was O type because it's the only one compatible with EVERYTHING.
I usually don't call Scorpion on it's mistakes but since I have personal experience I couldn't let it slide lol.
Just watched. Pretty sure they said Lutheran blood type. Quick search online showed...
Beyond the ABO blood type and the Rhesus (Rh) blood type, the International Blood Transfusion Society recognizes twenty-eight additional blood types with names like Duffy, Kidd, Diego and Lutheran. But Langereis and Junior have not been on this list. Although the antigens for the Junior and Langereis (or Lan) blood types were identified decades ago in pregnant women having difficulties carrying babies with incompatible blood types, the genetic basis of these antigens has been unknown until now.
But a few days after her admission, the doctors told Francisca that blood tests had revealed that she had a rare blood type, shared by 0.2 percent of the white population: Lutheran b-negative. To complicate the matter, she was also O-negative—the uncommon, but not officially rare, blood type that many of us have heard of, shared by around 5 percent of people. The combination made Francisca’s blood so rare it would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a match for her.
Yep, I rewound it and it did say Lutheran AB-.
shareHa! A bit of trivia, I have 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, and 3 of them have AB- blood types. What were the chances?? At least if any of them need blood they know where they can find an emergency donor.
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Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes not.
I would only worry if you be male and with the same lady and there were various blood groups all fathered by you???
shareHa! A bit of trivia, I have 5 children, 2 boys and 3 girls, and 3 of them have AB- blood types. What were the chances??If you are AB- and your spouse is AA- or BB- (or vice versa), then the chances are 50/50 per child so three of five fits (about 3 in 10 chances).
I'm usually pretty forgiving of this show because I enjoy the characters, but this episode had me wincing too. Not so much because of the blood type, but if the girl was that close to death without a new heart, why wasn't she already in the hospital?
sharebut if the girl was that close to death without a new heart, why wasn't she already in the hospital?
Maybe I remember it wrong, but I thought that when the doctor was checking with Walter's progress, she was saying the girl was not doing well and seemed to indicate she was close to dying. It certainly would make more sense the way you describe it.
shareBut that was because she was losing so much blood during the surgery, not because her heart was giving out.
I do not have attention deficit disor...Ooh, look at the bunny!
The girl's condition was worsening, and I think it was pretty clear death was imminent without a new heart. But it felt more like it would be days then it would be hours on that front. As others had said, the real time crunch was the viability of the transplant heart. I think the focus on her condition was more to emphasize that if this didn't happen, the odds of finding another donor heart before she expired was very small, not that she was going to die right then that day in the hospital.
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