Ventricular fibrillation is one type of arrhythmia that can be deadly. It occurs when the heart beats with rapid, erratic electrical impulses. This causes pumping chambers in your heart (the ventricles) to quiver uselessly instead of pumping blood. Without an effective heartbeat, blood pressure plummets, cutting off blood supply to your vital organs.
In the ABO system, (and Rhesus D system) all blood belongs to one of four major groups: A+/â, B+/â, AB+/â, or O+/â. The presence (+) or absence (â) of the RhD (Rhesus D) antigen is indicated by the plus or minus following the ABO type. But there are more than two hundred minor blood groups that can complicate blood transfusions. These are known as rare blood types.
There are four possible combinations of blood types namely: Type A (only antigen A), Type B (only antigen B), Type AB (both antigens A and B), and Type O (neither antigens A nor B). This is referred to as the ABO blood typing system. In addition, red blood cells have a Rhesus factor or Rh, which is either present or absent. If the Rh factor is present, the cells are referred to as Rh positive.