BBGuy Videos
Essential Topic Discussions for LearnersLive Teaching Sessions:
Last Minute Essentials
YouTube Live “cram session” from May 2024; designed especially for pathology resident board review.
Basic Immunohematology Series:
Blood Groups Overview
Part 1 of the “Basic Immunohematology” series is a 2011 overview of then-current blood group terminology and details.
Pre-transfusion Testing
Part 2 of the “Basic Immunohematology” series is a look at pretransfusion testing, recorded in 2012.
Antibody ID 1: The Basics
This 2012 look at how to approach an antibody identification panel is the most popular BBGuy video of all time!
Antibody ID 2: Basic Cases
The last in the “Basic Immunohematology” series is this 2012 look at basic antibody identification cases, step by step by step!
Advanced Blood Groups:
Kell Kills!
The February 2014 Blood Bank Guy Video is a tour through the details of the Kell Blood Group System.
What the H? (Bombay)
This presentation from December 2014 is a close look at the rarely seen but commonly discussed “Bombay Phenotype.”
Fun with the Lewis System
The June 2013 Blood Bank Guy video is a discussion of the details of the sometimes-confusing but always entertaining Lewis Blood Group System!
Weak in the D's
I did this video in 2012 to describe two of the most commonly misunderstood variants of the RHD antigen: Weak D and Partial D
Acquired B
This Ten Minute Tutorial, published in September 2014, is a discussion of the famous but uncommonly seen “Acquired B Phenotype.”
RhIG Dosage
This Ten Minute Tutorial describes the correct dosage of Rh Immune Globulin after a D-negative mother delivers a D-positive baby.
Transfusion Practice:
Why Leukoreduce?
This 2013 video covers the rationale behind leukocyte reduction of cellular blood products.
Why Irradiate?
This 2013 video covers the rationale behind irradiating cellular blood products.
Transfusion Complications:
Transfusion Reaction Workup
Part 1 of 2: This November 2012 video describes how to approach a basic transfusion reaction workup.
Transfusion Reactions
Part 2 of 2: In December 2012, I described important details for a wide variety of transfusion reactions, and outlined a basic classification system.
Intro to TTDs
This video from 2011 is an introduction to the technology and terminology of the testing used then for testing blood donors for transfusion-transmitted diseases.
Transfusion-transmitted Diseases
In the second 2011 TTD video, I discuss the specific organisms most associated with transfusion-transmitted infections.