Gadi Lending, Avi Benov, Elon Glassberg: Cognitive and Physical Performance Are Well Preserved Following Standard Blood Donation: A Noninferiority, Randomized Clinical Trial (Transfusion .)

A walking blood bank (WBB) refers to the use of fellow combatants for battlefield blood donation. This requires pretesting combatants for infectious diseases and blood type. A fundamental prerequisite for this technique is that the donating soldier will suffer minimal physiological and mental impact. The purpose of the current study is to assess the effect of blood shedding on battlefield performance.