A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving an intravenous infusion of packed red blood cells (PRBCs). Fifteen minutes after the transfusion begins, the client reports a sudden onset of severe lower back pain, chills, and dyspnea. The nurse suspects an acute hemolytic transfusion reaction. Arrange the following nursing interventions in the correct order of priority from first to last.
- 1Stop the blood transfusion immediately.
- 2Disconnect the blood tubing and initiate a normal saline infusion with new tubing.
- 3Assess the client's vital signs and respiratory status.
- 4Notify the healthcare provider and the blood bank.
- 5Return the blood bag and administration set to the blood bank.
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The correct priority sequence is: Stop the blood transfusion, disconnect the blood tubing and initiate normal saline with new tubing, assess the client's vital signs and respiratory status, notify the healthcare provider and blood bank, and finally return the blood bag and administration set to the blood bank.
In any acute medical crisis, the first nursing priority is to remove the noxious stimulus causing the life-threatening decompensation. For a hemolytic transfusion reaction, stopping the blood is the immediate airway/breathing/circulation (ABC) equivalent. Following cessation, maintaining access for emergency treatment is the next physiological necessity, taking care not to introduce more of the offending agent (using new tubing). Only after these two rapid, life-preserving actions are secured should the nurse pause to assess the exact hemodynamic impact, report those findings to the provider, and manage the administrative follow-up of the error.
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Management of Acute Hemolytic Transfusion Reactions