Saving a Life: Blood Donation Deana Taylor February 8‚ 2013 I. Introduction A. Attention-Getter- Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines blood as‚ “the fluid that circulates in the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries‚ and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body.” Blood is the essence of life itself created in our own bodies in the bone marrow. B. Blood donation is a relatively simple process that can save lives
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Blood types My team and I decided to do our poster project on blood types. With this topic‚ I will be explaining the benefits and risks of having a blood transfusion. In a situation where a person has lost lot’s of their blood because of an accident‚ has really low hemoglobin. This person would not be in a good situation because hemoglobin is the structure in the blood which carries oxygen in the arteries which will eventually go to your organs. With a blood transfusion‚ the person will receive
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BLOOD 1. The important components of blood include plasma‚ erythrocytes‚ and leukocytes. Red blood cells or erythrocytes account for 45 % of the blood. Leukocytes or white blood cells‚ aid in protecting the body from disease as well as platelets. Platelets function to inhibit excessive bleeding from the body. The plasma layer is another layer that constitutes the majority of blood. 2. The Plasma is straw coloured. It has 90% water‚ 7%proteins and 3% other substances. The Plasma protects the
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Shakespeare uses blood as an important symbol to illustrate the characters feelings and beliefs. Blood is used everywhere in Macbeth‚ the beginning in the battle field scenes‚ after they kill Duncan‚ when Banque was killed and at the end when Lady Macbeth feels that blood has stained her. Blood is used in Macbeth to symbolize many things and the meaning of blood slowly progresses throughout the play. Blood in the play symbolizes different things as the play goes by; the imagery of blood goes from meaning
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Exercise 11: Blood Analysis: Activity 4: Blood Typing Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You scored 75% by answering 3 out of 4 questions correctly. 1. Red blood cell membranes have You correctly answered: c. agglutinogens that specify that individual’s blood type. 2. ABO and Rh antigens You correctly answered: d. All of these answers are correct. 3. Which of the following statements about blood types is correct? You correctly answered: d. A person with type O blood has two recessive alleles and has
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Artificial Blood Use the following text and websites to research information about the progress in the production of artificial blood and use available evidence to propose reasons why such research is needed USE THE BRIEF SCAFFOLD SUPPLIED BELOW TO WRITE A REPORT ABOUT ARTIFCIAL BLOOD ------------------------------------------------- Introduction – A paragraph addressing questions 1 and 2 ------------------------------------------------- Body – Paragraphs addressing questions 3‚ 4‚ and
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remember being covered was blood donation. Blood donation and blood collection is very important in order to keep the blood banks full for when blood is needed and so knowing about blood donation‚ and how blood banks collect and distribute blood is very important. If you are assigned a paper on the topic though‚ there is a variety of news and information on blood donation. While the essay you may be asked to write may include information on blood collection or blood drives local to where you live
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Biology Lab BLOOD TYPING All blood contains red blood cells whose main job is to carry oxygen throughout the body. Red blood cells make up almost 50% of the total blood volume. They are produced in our bone marrow and not only transport oxygen‚ but they take away CO2 and other wastes. Our blood also contains white blood cells which make up only about 1% of our total blood volume. Like the red blood cells‚ the white also are produced by our bone marrow. Our white blood cells are the first response
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The skill I was observed on was for undertaking a blood pressure measurement. In undertaking this assignment‚ I have maintained confidentiality and I asked the patient for her consent to carry out procedure for measuring blood pressure according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008). I was directly supervised and observed by my mentor for all the activities undertaken. I will discuss how I took blood pressure of a patient and further explain rationale behind doing specific way. I will
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There are twenty-four different blood types known. The most common blood types known are A‚ B‚ AB‚ and O. The knowledge of blood types has saved so many people’s lives. Blood types are also called blood groups. Blood types are inherited‚ and they never change. Everybody has a blood type. All human blood looks alike‚ but once tested it shows the differences between the blood. The letters A‚ B‚ AB‚ and O stand for two antigens labeled A and B. Antigens are substances targeted by the immune system
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