Blood Donation

[magpie]

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?

[RATTER15]

I imagine it would deteriorate too fast to be able to use it? just a guess!

[Quizproquo]

How do you suggest they get it out?

[pixie374]

It has been done
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaveric_blood_transfusion

[pixie374]

Drain it out.

[Quizproquo]

Not sure the relatives would fancy that

[pixie374]

Maybe not... it should be up to the person, not the relatives.

[hc4361]

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

[Peter Pedant]

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 )