Hello all, Does anyone have any thoughts/comments about the practice of issuing type-specific blood to a patient (trauma) that has a historical record? For example, patient John Smith presents to the ED with a stab wound. His identity has been verified and is registered in our LIS and has the proper ID band on. Mr Smith has been seen before at our facility, having received 2 units of blood 2 years ago and is type A pos. The physician orders a T&S because the stab wound seems to be superficial. All of the sudden, the patient begins to bleed out and the ED asks for uncrossmatched, Emergency Release units. Mr. Smith is an A pos. Do you issue type-specific, uncrossed A pos based on the historical record or O neg until a blood sample can be obtained? Thanks for the help! Tom