Minor chest injury. You may have chest wall pain after a less serious injury. This pain can occur with movement of a shoulder, an arm, the rib cage, or the trunk of the body. Even a minor injury can cause chest pain for days after the injury.
Quick Answer. A unit of blood is equivalent to approximately 1 pint or 450 milliliters, according to the Canadian Blood Services website. The average patient requires around 4.6 units of blood. Continue Reading.
Severe burn victims can need the platelets from about 20 Blood unit donations during their treatment. The average liver transplant patient needs 40 units of red Blood cells, 30 units of platelets, 20 bags of Cryoprecipitate, and 25 units of fresh frozen plasma. Using modern techniques, one heart surgery uses, on average, the red Blood cells and platelets provided by from six Blood unit donations.