Hi! My name is Rafael‚ the Red Blood Cell‚ doctors call me erythrocyte and born in the bone marrow. My shape is bi-concave disk. Also do not possess a nucleus. I am one of trillions of red blood cells that live inside and travel through your body. I deliver oxygen to all the organs and tissues and transport wastes as carbon dioxide out of your body. Oxygen helps keep the body running and healthy. I tend to jump aboard the train inside the heart. The trip around the body only takes 45 seconds
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Give life‚ give blood! Imagine your mom‚ dad‚ son‚ and or‚ daughter in a tragic car accident‚ or diagnosed with cancer. The only chance of survival is a blood transfusion‚ because your blood type is not a match. We all expect that blood will be there for us or a loved one; however‚ hardly a fraction of people that can give blood actually do. At some point of our lives we may face a time of susceptibility where we will need blood. The day-to-day need for blood never ends. Statistics
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Blood Doping Introduction: The sporting culture has become highly competitive‚ causing athletes to turn to drugs or supplements to gain that edge over other athletes. Some athletes have even looked past drugs and supplements to pass the competition testing policies‚ turning to blood doping. Blood doping is the act of extracting blood from an athlete‚ then prior to competition re-injecting the blood back into the athlete’s body. This is a very dangerous procedure that is usually performed by a doctor
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Blood bank Although there are any complicated instruments in the blood bank department‚ but it’s a very important and sensitive section of the medical laboratory as it deals with donors and acceptors of the blood‚ it transfer for leukemia and thalasemia patients‚ new born and cancer patients and so many cases blood bank save their lives. Tests that are carried in this department: 1- Some tests‚ which included donated free of diseases‚ serology tests 2- blood grouping 3- rhesus factor"Rh"
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Blood Disorders HCA 240 September 30‚2012 Vinod Sharma Blood Disorders There are several different blood disorders that an individual may experience in their lifetime. Blood disorders are diagnosed by family medical history‚ symptoms that the individual may be experiencing and the individual’s lifestyle. The three scenarios provided each blood disorder is very different. Amy has iron deficiency anemia whereas‚ Marcus has sickle cell trait-anemia and Richard is dealing with Thrombocytopenia
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In the three scenarios given in the text‚ there are examples of three signs of different blood disorders. Each of these three people shows symptoms of being at risk for a type of blood disorder. The first scenario: Amy‚ a 4-old Caucasian female‚ has been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Amy only eats pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and drinks only artificial fruit punch (Axia College‚ 2011‚
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SYNTHETIC BLOOD This is an artificial blood made up of synthetic blood products. 1. The two main types of non-cellular blood products are hemoglobin based and Perfluorocarbon (PFC) based. a. Hemoglobin The hemoglobin-based substitutes use hemoglobin from several different sources: human‚ animal‚ and recombinant. Human hemoglobin is obtained from donated blood that has reached its expiration date and from the small amount of red cells collected as a by-product during plasma donation.
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Throughout today’s society someone needs a blood transfusion every second of the hour. Imagine riding a motorcycle and getting hit by a vehicle that is doing 60 miles per hour; During the time of you getting hit you are thrown from the motorcycle and ran over by another vehicle. Someone sees the accident and calls for emergency assistance. You are laying on the ground bleeding from several wounds and in an enormous amount of pain. It seems as if the ambulance is never going to arrive. Finally‚ an
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The Gay Blood Ban: Is it Really Necessary? Introduction For this paper‚ I attended a Lunch-n-Learn seminar entitled "Be Negative: A Program on HIV/AIDS" held at KSU on February 3‚ 2004. During the presentation‚ the speaker revealed that‚ as a gay man‚ he is forever prohibited from donating blood. As such‚ I have chosen to develop a plan of action that will assist in lifting the gay blood ban. After some research‚ I learned that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the organization
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Canadian Blood Services STRATEGIC ISSUES The main strategic issue affecting the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is making sure their blood supply keeps up with demand. Because blood is such a necessity in the health care industry it is always in high demand‚ meaning the Canadian Blood Services needs to constantly have a large enough supply to fuel this demand. Therefore‚ new donor recruitment is high on the list of priorities. As they found in a recent study‚ most of the population didn’t realize
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