Blood Bank Laboratory Technician Mock Interview
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Question 9 of 30
Can you explain some functions of blood to me?
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Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
"Each component of blood has different functions. Platelets, for example, are responsible for clotting which prevents excessive bleeding when an injury occurs. Blood also transports hormones, chemicals released by a cell in one part of the body that sends out messages that affect cells elsewhere in the body, and it regulates our pH levels."
Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
"Blood has several functions. One role is to help combat inflammation. Leukocytes, or white blood cells, destroy invading microorganisms and cancer cells. Blood helps regulate body functions by interacting with acids and bases. It also helps maintain water balance by transferring water to and from tissues."
Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
Healthy blood has many functions in the human body. Being able to identify those functions and educate both donors and recipients is one responsibility of blood bank lab technicians. The interviewer wants to know that you have an understanding and are capable of explaining the importance of blood to others.
Darby Faubion has been a Nurse and Allied Health Educator for over 20 years. She has clinical experience in several specialty areas, including pediatrics, medical-surgical, critical care, and hospice.
"Blood has several functions. One primary function is to transport oxygen to the lungs and nutrients throughout the body. It also removes waste products such as carbon dioxide, urea and lactic acid from the body."
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