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magpie | 18:46 Tue 01st Dec 2015 | ChatterBank
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when a person dies of non infected disorders why do they not use the blood from dead people who have no more use for it?
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I imagine it would deteriorate too fast to be able to use it? just a guess!
How do you suggest they get it out?
Drain it out.
Not sure the relatives would fancy that
Maybe not... it should be up to the person, not the relatives.
If the organs are to be donated - which are much 'valuable' than blood - the blood cannot be removed from them.
The composition of blood also changes very quickly after death - read an excellent explanation here:

http://stupidquestionarchives.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/reusing-blood-of-dead.html
consent and infection I would have thought

You just cant march up to a bod - and say - Oh I will have that.

BUT - those of us who are old enough to be taught by war veterans....

The Russians in WW2 used to use cadaveric blood ( ugh and how did he know and if he saw ig, how did he escape death in a Gulag ? )
Get a body - anyone will do
stick a cannula in the neck
hang it up side down

and then and then - rolls of rubber sheeting ( huge esmarch bandanges using technical language ) and wrap it tighhtly around the body and squeeze the blood out - every last drop

well sorry you did ask

and that was in the days of bottle, red rubber tubes no disposables AAAND no drip chambers .... golly

I will have to see if it comes up in wiki

Oh and the industrialisation of blood transfusiion which occurred during the war - really was organised by a Yank who died from a ruptured spleen later and was not transfused ( yes really )

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