Donation Facts
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Hello
Hello,
My name is Mary Reddell and I want to tell you the wonders
that donating blood can do. According to Carter BloodCare, 4.5 million American
lives are saved each year by blood transfusions.
In Texas, I donated at Carter BloodCare, a donation center,
for the last four years. And in that time I have donated over a gallon of blood
in the 16 times I donated. However I would have donated over 21 times by now,
however, I needed a severe blood transfusion due to a car wreck that happened
in May. But you have to wait a year, according to Carter BloodCare, after a
blood transfusion in order to donate again.
Did you know that one donation could save three lives? One
donation is roughly a pint and weighs a little close to a pound. According to
CarterBloodCare.org, there are 10 to 12 pints of blood in the human body. And
when you donate, which takes less than an hour every eight weeks for whole
blood, you donate about a pint and lose a pound of blood. Donating blood saves
lives. Surgery patients use donated blood to help with keeping a steady heart
rate and to replenish what they lost during surgery. Another thing is that
donated blood goes to anyone who is in need of it. Your friends, your family,
coworkers, military personnel, soldiers who fight for our freedom. But the sad
thing is that less than 10% of the eligible donors, which is 37% of the US, are
willing to donate. But every year, blood banks have shortages of blood supply
and need more. Take a stand, donate an hour of your time to give blood, you’re
saving your comrade’s life!
So if donating blood, makes someone, even you, a little
happier, their day a little brighter, and their lives’ a little longer, what’s
holding you back from making this wonderful decision to donate? I am horrified
by needles, yet I try to put aside that fear to make someone’s life easier and
healthier. And THAT! Makes everything okay.
So I ask you, don’t
let my story persuade you, let the lives you save by donating encourage you to
take that step and save a life. I promise you, you WILL NOT regret it.
Carter BloodCare Facts About Blood
Carter BloodCare Blood Facts
Carter BloodCare has 56 Facts about Blood.
Here are a couple to just name a few:
About 1 in 7 hospital patients needs blood.
Three lives are saved by one pint of donated blood.
10 - 12 pints: amount of blood in the human body.
People donate blood out of a sense of duty and community spirit, not to make money. They are not paid for their donation.
Carter BloodCare has 56 Facts about Blood.
Here are a couple to just name a few:
About 1 in 7 hospital patients needs blood.
Three lives are saved by one pint of donated blood.
10 - 12 pints: amount of blood in the human body.
People donate blood out of a sense of duty and community spirit, not to make money. They are not paid for their donation.
Much of today's medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from healthy donors.
One unit of blood can be separated into red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate.
Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's organs and tissue.
There are one billion red blood cells in two to three drops of blood.
Red blood cells live about 120 days in the circulatory system.
Platelets support blood clotting and give those with leukemia and other cancers a chance to live.
Apheresis (ay-fur-ee-sis) is a special kind of blood donation that
allows a donor to give speci c blood components, such as platelets.
The shelf life of donated red blood cells is 42 days.
The shelf life of donated platelets is ve days.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Facts About Donating
According to Carter BloodCare,
a blood bank in Texas, "4.5 million American lives are saved each year by blood transfusions."
That's a lot of people. Did you know that every three seconds someone needs blood? I didn't.
It's amazing what a pint of blood could do for your body.
In fact, did you know that there are ten to twelve pints of blood in the human body? In fact, one unit of blood is approximately one pint.
Another fact by Carter BloodCare, is that although one donation is so little, it has the power to save three lives.
However, only 37% of Americans are eligible to donate. Only less than 10% actually do. It's sad really. Knowing you can make a difference, yet you chose not too. Another is that it takes less than an hour to go to the nearest donation center, and donate. The donation part itself only takes about ten minutes, the rest it to see if you are eligible.
So if you just took an hour out of your day, every eight weeks, you could help save three lives. Doesn't that mean something?
a blood bank in Texas, "4.5 million American lives are saved each year by blood transfusions."
That's a lot of people. Did you know that every three seconds someone needs blood? I didn't.
It's amazing what a pint of blood could do for your body.
In fact, did you know that there are ten to twelve pints of blood in the human body? In fact, one unit of blood is approximately one pint.
Another fact by Carter BloodCare, is that although one donation is so little, it has the power to save three lives.
However, only 37% of Americans are eligible to donate. Only less than 10% actually do. It's sad really. Knowing you can make a difference, yet you chose not too. Another is that it takes less than an hour to go to the nearest donation center, and donate. The donation part itself only takes about ten minutes, the rest it to see if you are eligible.
So if you just took an hour out of your day, every eight weeks, you could help save three lives. Doesn't that mean something?
My Story
Hello, My name is Mary Reddell and I am the creator of this blog.
I wanted to tell my story and share others' as well about the gift of donating blood.
It's frightening at first, yes. But Then you realize what a huge significance your donation really is. I currently have donated over a gallon of blood. And let me tell you it wasn't easy for me, well, I am terrified of needles. Always have been. But because of my donations, people who are in need, get help. And what an amazing feeling it is to help those who are in need out. To make their day a little brighter. Their smiles, a little wider. Their lives, a little longer.
I want to tell you that I was too someone who needed a lot of blood. As some know, I was in a car wreck and had lost a substantial amount of blood. The human body holds roughly 10-12 pints of blood, I had lost more than 10 pints. Needless to say, I am very grateful to those who donated blood. If they hadn't, I more than likely would have died.
But before my wreck I found out I was a universal donor, and helping isn't such a bad thing. It first started off in high school. My friends and I were debating donating, and all of a sudden it happened. And everyone of the staff who aided in the donation were very kind. And although I still have a horrific phobia of needles, I am still going to donate, I just have to wait til May 09th, 2014. The reason? Well like I said I was in a wreck. The wreck happened May 7th, 2013. One of the rules of donating is you have to wait a year after having a blood transfusion to donate again. And I'll just have to wait. But after everything, it's worth it to brighten someone's day, make their smiles wide, and their life just a little bit longer.
I wanted to tell my story and share others' as well about the gift of donating blood.
It's frightening at first, yes. But Then you realize what a huge significance your donation really is. I currently have donated over a gallon of blood. And let me tell you it wasn't easy for me, well, I am terrified of needles. Always have been. But because of my donations, people who are in need, get help. And what an amazing feeling it is to help those who are in need out. To make their day a little brighter. Their smiles, a little wider. Their lives, a little longer.
I want to tell you that I was too someone who needed a lot of blood. As some know, I was in a car wreck and had lost a substantial amount of blood. The human body holds roughly 10-12 pints of blood, I had lost more than 10 pints. Needless to say, I am very grateful to those who donated blood. If they hadn't, I more than likely would have died.
But before my wreck I found out I was a universal donor, and helping isn't such a bad thing. It first started off in high school. My friends and I were debating donating, and all of a sudden it happened. And everyone of the staff who aided in the donation were very kind. And although I still have a horrific phobia of needles, I am still going to donate, I just have to wait til May 09th, 2014. The reason? Well like I said I was in a wreck. The wreck happened May 7th, 2013. One of the rules of donating is you have to wait a year after having a blood transfusion to donate again. And I'll just have to wait. But after everything, it's worth it to brighten someone's day, make their smiles wide, and their life just a little bit longer.
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