. The Canadian nurse . ntravenous of normalsaline may be started at once, and veryshortly after a suitable donor has beenobtained, the citrated blood will be avail-able and can be taken to the in need of blood before under-going an operation, a patient is not nearlyso apprehensive if he can remain in hisbed, in his own room, and have citratedblood brought to him, rather than takinghim to the operating room and subjectinghim to the procedure of a direct trans-fusion. When blood is required duringor immediately after operation, the exacttime cannot be forseen and many un-happy compl
. The Canadian nurse . ntravenous of normalsaline may be started at once, and veryshortly after a suitable donor has beenobtained, the citrated blood will be avail-able and can be taken to the in need of blood before under-going an operation, a patient is not nearlyso apprehensive if he can remain in hisbed, in his own room, and have citratedblood brought to him, rather than takinghim to the operating room and subjectinghim to the procedure of a direct trans-fusion. When blood is required duringor immediately after operation, the exacttime cannot be forseen and many un-happy complications can be avoided byusinp citrated blood as well as the con-fusion and inconvenience caused ingiving a direct transfusion. The ad-vantage to the donor is the completeelimination of the danger of infectionshould the recipient have a blood streaminfection. Indirect transfusion of citratedblood, whether the blood is taken bysyringe or by suction, has overcome manyof the difficulties and dangers of M.«. VOL. XXXV, No. 2 A New Venture Kathleen J. Thompson^ Keg. B,C. It was my very great privilege to beincluded with Miss Kathleen Sandersonin the first Travelling Unit sponsoredby the Registered Nurses Association ofBritish Columbia. When contemplatingthe proposed tour many queries came toour minds—how would we be received?Weuld we be of any material help tothose with whom we came in contact?And would the tour be productive ofnew ideas and afford a broader scopefor future units? It is interesting to lookback upon our few weeks of travel andin retrospect to recall the centres visitedand the varied and lasting impressionsmade upon our minds. ^ The Travelling Unit 76 We set out upon a glorious day inOctober. The weatherman, at least,seemed to be all in our favour. We werearmed with extra copies of The Ccma-dtan NursCy literature on the formingof the Cancer Societies which we hadbeen asked to circulate by the Commit-tee, medical posters and a very
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