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The Ohio State University at Lima What: Donate Blood at Springfest When: Tuesday May 18, 2004, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: OSU Lima campus courtyard Contact: Call Divya at 419-995-8415 or E-mail at student.activities@lima.ohio-state.edu |
Save a Life. Donate Blood at Springfest! Tuesday May 18th, 2004 To make an appointment Call Divya at
419-995-8415 Scheduled Goal is 66 Why is blood needed? Blood helps keep the body healthy. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to all parts of the body, and takes carbon dioxide and other waste products to the lungs, kidneys, and liver for disposal. It fights infections, and helps heal wounds. It is needed to sustain the lives of people whose blood functions have been impaired by injury or illness. How much blood is needed each year? U.S. hospitals transfused nearly 14 million units of whole blood and red blood cells to 4.9 million patients in 2001 - that's an average of 38,000 units of blood needed on any given day. Whole blood can be separated into its components red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate. The total number of units of all of these components transfused in 2001 was 29 million. And the volume of blood transfused is increasing at the rate of 6% per year. Who needs blood? Under normal circumstances, every two seconds someone in America will need a blood transfusion. Blood transfusions are used for trauma victims - due to accidents and burns - heart surgery, organ transplants, women with complications during childbirth, newborns and premature babies, and patients receiving treatment for leukemia, cancer or other diseases, such as sickle cell disease and thalassemia. What are the components of blood and their use? The primary components of whole blood are red blood cells, platelets, plasma, and cryoprecipitate.
What blood type is needed most? All blood types are needed. Common blood types are needed because there are many patients with them. Less common blood types are needed because there are fewer donors to give them. However, people with O- blood are particularly in demand because they are the "universal donor." It means that people of all blood types can receive O- blood safely, so it is used during life-threatening emergencies or when the matching blood type is in short supply. AB types are universal recipients. This relationship is reversed for plasma products. AB type plasma can be transfused to all patients, while O- types are the universal plasma recipients. Therefore, all types are really needed!
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