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Save 3 Lives In Just 8 Minutes!
Lindsay Surber
PHED 232
Why Donate Blood?
 You have the potential
to save 3 lives every
time you donate blood
 That’s AT LEAST 18
lives you could save in
one year’s time!
 The 8 minutes a
stranger donated may
save you a lifetime!
 The life you save may
be your own or that of
someone you know!
Why Donate Blood?
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It’s one gift that could change another
person’s life that won’t cost you a
cent… only your time.
4.5 million Americans will need a blood
transfusion each year.
43,000 pints: amount of donated
blood used each day in the U.S. and
Canada.
Someone needs blood every two
seconds
Only 37 percent of the U.S.
population is eligible to donate
blood – less than 10 percent do
annually.
About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital
need blood.
One pint of blood can save up to three
lives
Forty-two days: how long most
donated red blood cells can be stored.
Much of today's medical care depends
on a steady supply of blood from
healthy donors.
46.5 gallons: amount of blood you
could donate if you begin at age 17
and donate every 56 days until you
reach 79 years old.
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3 pints: the average whole blood and
red blood cell transfusion.*
A patient could be forced to pass up a
lifesaving organ, if compatible blood is
not available to support the transplant
Thirteen tests (11 for infectious
diseases) are performed on each unit
of donated blood.
17 percent of non-donors cite "never
thought about it" as the main reason
for not giving, while 15 percent say
they're too busy.
Shortages of all blood types happen
during the summer and winter
holidays.
If all blood donors gave three times a
year, blood shortages would be a rare
event (the current average is about
two).
If only one more percent of all
Americans would give blood, blood
shortages would disappear for the
foreseeable future.
Only 3 in every 100 people donate
There is no substitute for human
blood!
How many of us really know all the different ways in which the blood you
donate will be used?
Donor Health Benefits
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Donors get a mini-physical every
time they donate blood
Pulse
Blood Pressure
Body Temperature
Hemoglobin
Lower Iron levels
Consistent blood donation is
associated with lowered risks for
cancers including liver, lung, colon,
stomach and throat cancers
Donors who donate regularly over
years have an 88 percent lower risk
of heart attacks and a 33 percent
lower risk of any severe
cardiovascular event, such as a
stroke
Help your body function more
efficiently by allowing it to replenish
your blood supply regularly
If you aren’t able to donate you can
still help by volunteering.
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Eligibility Requirements:
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Blood Donors Must:
Be healthy*
Be at least 17 years old in most
states, or 16 years old with parental
consent if allowed by state law
Weigh at least 110 lbs.
Additional weight requirements apply for
donors 18 years old and younger and all
high school donors.
* Note: Healthy means that you feel well
and can perform normal activities. If you
have a chronic condition such as diabetes,
healthy also means that you are being
treated and the condition is under control.
Tattoos & Piercings: Wait 12 months if
there is any question whether or not the
instruments used were sterile and free of
blood contamination. This requirement is
related to concerns about hepatitis.
Travel: Wait 12 months after travel in an
area where malaria is found (Including
Iraq). Wait 3 years after living in a
country or countries where malaria is
found.
Persons who have spent long periods of
time in countries where "mad cow
disease" is found are not eligible to
donate. This requirement is related to
concerns about variant Creutzfeld Jacob
Disease
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Antibiotics: A donor with an acute
infection should not donate. The reason
for antibiotic use must be evaluated to
determine if the donor has a bacterial
infection that could be transmissible by
blood. Acceptable after finishing oral
antibiotics for an infection.
Medications: In almost all cases,
medications will not disqualify you as a
blood donor. Your eligibility will be based
on the reason that the medication was
prescribed. As long as the condition is
under control and you are healthy, blood
donation is usually permitted.
http://www.redcrossblood.org/donatingblood/eligibility-requirements/eligibilitycriteria-topic
The Donating Process
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Step 1 Registration: staff and volunteers
will sign you in and go over basic
eligibility and donation information.
You will read information about donating
blood, and be asked to show a donor
card, driver's license, or other form(s) of
ID.
Step 2- Mini Physical: Answer questions
during a private, confidential interview
about your health history and places you
have traveled.
They will check your temperature, pulse,
blood pressure and hemoglobin level
present in a sample of blood.
Step 3- Donation: The actual donation
takes about 8-10 minutes, during which
you will be seated comfortably. The
process is safe and sterile. Red Cross staff
and volunteers are available if you have
any questions.
Step 4 Refreshment: After donating, you
should have a snack and something to
drink.
You can leave the site after 10-15
minutes and continue with your normal
daily activities.
Enjoy the feeling of accomplishment
knowing that you have helped save lives!
Types of Donations
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1 - Blood (or Whole Blood) Donation
This is the most common type of
donation, during which approximately a
pint of 'whole blood' is given.
The blood is separated into transfusable
components – red cells, plasma, platelets
and/or cryoprecipitated AHF.
This type of blood donation usually takes
about an hour, though the actual donation
takes about 8-10 minutes.
You are eligible to donate 'whole blood'
every 56 days.
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2 - Platelet Apheresis
Platelet donations are collected at select
American Red Cross Blood Donation
centers only.
During this type of donation, an apheresis
machine collects the platelets and some
plasma and returns the red cells and most
of the plasma back to the donor.
Platelets are a vital element of cancer and
organ transplant treatments, as well as
many surgical procedures as they help
prevent massive blood loss.
A single donation of platelets collected by
apheresis can constitute one or several
transfusable units, while it takes about
five whole blood donations to constitute a
single transfusable unit of platelets.
The donation takes approximately one
and-a-half to two and-a-half hours.
Types of Donations
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3 - Plasma Apheresis
Plasma is collected simultaneously with a
platelet donation and is collected at select
American Red Cross Donation Centers
only.
During a plasma apheresis donation, the
blood is collected by a machine, which
separates the plasma, red cells and
platelets and returns the red cells and/or
platelets back to the donor.
While donors with Type AB blood can only
give red cells to other Type AB recipients,
they are the universal plasma donors. The
‘right type’ donation for AB donors may
be an apheresis donation of plasma or
plasma and platelets.
The donation takes approximately 1 hour
and 15 minutes
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4 - Double Red Cells
Double red cell donation is done with the
help of an apheresis machine which
collects the red cells but returns most of
the plasma and platelets to the donor.
Red cells are the most transfused blood
component, and certain blood types are
often in short supply.
Double red cell donations from Type O
donors and donors with Rh-negative blood
types play a very important role in
maintaining blood supply levels.
Donors need to meet slightly higher
hemoglobin and body height/weight
requirements in order to be able to give a
double red cell donation.
Double red cell donations take
approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes,
though the actual donation takes about
30-35 minutes, and allow you to give two
units of red cells.
Available in most donation centers and
some blood drives.
Donors are eligible to give double red cells
every 112 days.
Recipient Stories
I was given a chance to raise my babies!
In 2009 after delivering identical twin baby girls, I
developed pain in my abdomen shooting into my neck.
As the night went on it worsened and my vitals decided
to fall also. I finally realized something was really wrong
and asked them to call my doctor. The feeling of
impeding doom was stronger than ever. After ordering
some blood work and an emergency CT scan they
discovered I was bleeding into my abdomen but couldn't
find the cause. They came in and immediately asked me
about getting blood. I consented and they proceeded to
start giving me 4 units of blood as they rushed me off to
surgery. While in surgery they couldn't find the
immediate cause but were able to tie off my uterine
artery and stop the bleeding. They then evacuated 2
liters of blood out of my belly. I made it though surgery
and then next day I got another 2 units of blood. Had it
not been for the 6 units of blood I was given from
donors and the fine hands of my surgeons I would not
be around today to be a mom to my 18 month old twin
girls and 4 year old son. Thank you for giving such a
special gift. I had given blood several times in the past
but hadn't been able too until again recently. I plan on
giving anytime I am able to repay the favor.
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Emily
Because of You
Dear Mystery Donor,
I just wanted to say thank you for
taking a little time out of your day
to donate blood. Because of you I
was given the chance to live.
Without your blood donation I
would not be alive. Because of you,
I was able to learn how to play
sports. Because of you I was able to
graduate from high school and
move on to college to further my
education. Because of you,
hopefully one day I will be saving
lives, like you did, by helping others
in the medical field. If I haven't
mentioned it enough thank you
because you changed my life.
Question is…Can you take
8 minutes out of your
schedule to save 3
lives??? I hope you will
consider it!
Donation Opportunity!
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April 26, 2011
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Atkins First Church of God
6118 Lee Hyway
Atkins, VA 24311
Donation Types: Blood
May 18th, 2011
Johnston Memorial Hospital
JMH Donor Center (hospital)
7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sources
 http://www.americasblood.org/go.cf
m?do=page.view&pid=12
 http://www.livestrong.com/article/96
891-health-benefits-donating-blood/
 http://www.redcrossblood.org/donati
ng-blood/why-donate-blood