blood donation
I want to talk to you about the importance of donating blood. Some of you may know a friend or even a family member who
has received blood at some time. I for one have received blood and I often wonder who took the time to donate it.
According to the Journal of American Medical Association, it is noted that just 1 pint of blood can save three lives.
Why You Should Give
Giving blood does not just benefit recipients. Regardless of age, donating blood offers many benefits for donors. It lets
you: time-consuming tests. Then, it must be used relatively quickly or it will perish-whole blood for instance, according to
the American Red Cross, is no longer usable after 42 days. As a result, maintaining an adequate blood supply is a
challenge-especially when a disaster occurs, which may cause the need for blood to soar. The only way to meet demand is to
have regular donations from healthy volunteers.
If you are healthy, your body-which has between 10 and 12 pints of blood-can easily spare about a pint, the amount that is
collected at a donation. Because the body begins replacing donated blood immediately, most people can give blood every
eight weeks.
I was reading an article called 600 reasons to donate blood. It stated perhaps donating blood could be considered one way
of losing unwanted weight.
D.A. Redelmeier estimated that one unit of blood reflects about 600 calories of food intake and that a single blood
donation could offset either 2 hamburgers, 3 donuts or 5 granola bars. That in itself is a reason to donate if you want to
get rid of unwanted calories.
Understanding what prevents people from donating blood, or having donated, why they stopped donating, are important in
devising strategies to get them to donate blood.
Consider who you will be helping
The people who need blood come in all ages and from all ethnic and economic walks of life. They require transfusions to
replace blood they have lost during
has received blood at some time. I for one have received blood and I often wonder who took the time to donate it.
According to the Journal of American Medical Association, it is noted that just 1 pint of blood can save three lives.
Why You Should Give
Giving blood does not just benefit recipients. Regardless of age, donating blood offers many benefits for donors. It lets
you: time-consuming tests. Then, it must be used relatively quickly or it will perish-whole blood for instance, according to
the American Red Cross, is no longer usable after 42 days. As a result, maintaining an adequate blood supply is a
challenge-especially when a disaster occurs, which may cause the need for blood to soar. The only way to meet demand is to
have regular donations from healthy volunteers.
If you are healthy, your body-which has between 10 and 12 pints of blood-can easily spare about a pint, the amount that is
collected at a donation. Because the body begins replacing donated blood immediately, most people can give blood every
eight weeks.
I was reading an article called 600 reasons to donate blood. It stated perhaps donating blood could be considered one way
of losing unwanted weight.
D.A. Redelmeier estimated that one unit of blood reflects about 600 calories of food intake and that a single blood
donation could offset either 2 hamburgers, 3 donuts or 5 granola bars. That in itself is a reason to donate if you want to
get rid of unwanted calories.
Understanding what prevents people from donating blood, or having donated, why they stopped donating, are important in
devising strategies to get them to donate blood.
Consider who you will be helping
The people who need blood come in all ages and from all ethnic and economic walks of life. They require transfusions to
replace blood they have lost during