is in need of blood. In fact‚ about one of every seven people entering a hospital requires a blood transfusion. These startling statistics underscore the crucial nature of blood donation. Yet‚ only about 3% of the population currently gives blood. The number one reason these donors say they give is because they “want to help others.” This attitude of selfless giving supplies the 43‚000 pints of donated blood used each day in North America. There is no substitute for human blood. Over 4.5 million
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In Capote’s novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ he strived to create a non-fiction setting that would leave readers unable to set the book down. Some readers seem hesitant to label this peice of literature as non-fiction because of Capote’s choice to contruct it with literary devices that are often found in fiction novels. Those who have read In Cold Blood began to question and challenge Capote’s credibility as a writer. They felt that he should reconstruct the brutal murders of the Clutter family while remaining
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Identifying and comparing the main components of blood. By Jason T Morrison. Blood‚ what an amazing substance. It has only been since being set this task by one of my tutors‚ Dr C Dublon that I have truly realised how amazing blood really is. Blood is not as some people may think just made up of one component‚ but many different components working together in an almost symbiotic relationship. The average human being carries approximately five litres of blood‚ which is equivalent to about 8% of their
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Blood disorder HCA/240 September 22‚ 2013 Blood disorder Blood is compromise of four main components‚ Plasma‚ red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ and platelets. Plasma is a yellow mixture of water‚ protein‚ and salt that carries blood cells‚ nutrients‚ hormones‚ gases and waste. Red cells contain hemoglobin‚ a protein that contains iron. Hemoglobin deliver oxygen to all parts of the body‚ also takes carbon dioxide to the lungs. Platelets are small cells that control the blood. These form
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Donating Blood Imagine that your father had just suffered a heart attack‚ and has to go through open-heart surgery in order to repair the damage that happened to his heart. Imagine your little nephew or niece was born with a rare heart defect and had to have a daily transfusion of blood in order to have a chance to wake up the next day. Imagine that your best friend went to the doctor and had just been diagnosed with leukemia‚ a disease requiring regular platelet transfusions. These aren’t
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APEnglish In Cold Blood Few authors have the skill to express their view of a setting without straightforwardly telling the audience. In this small passage from In Cold Blood‚ Truman Capote very eloquently does just that‚ describing the look and feel of Holcomb‚ Kansas through words. With Capote’s use of many elements like figurative language‚ imagery‚ and detain‚ he reveals his original but mysterious views on the scenery of Holcomb. All while describing this content town‚ Capote builds up for
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Gladys Martin July 2005 Indications for Blood Transfusions Goal of transfusing: Preserve oxygen delivery to tissues and avoid myocardial ischemia. One can do this by increasing the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood by raising the Hgb concentration of patients with acute/chronic anemia. Each unit will raise the Hct by 3 to 4 percent unless there is continued bleeding. Background: Transfusion trigger based on the 10/30 rule‚ give 2 units. However‚ with the discovery of transfusion-related HIV and
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Pooja Patel 08/19/2013 Documentary of Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale Mrs. Jones MA 125 Through the eyes of survivors and family members and the producer Merlyn Ness‚ "Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale" chronicles how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of death for 10‚000 Americans. Hemophilia is a rare genetic blood clotting disorder‚ most often passed from mother to son‚ resulting in severe crippling and often death. But in the 1960s‚ Judith Gram Pool dicoverd cryo precipitate from the
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"Hazel Motes’ Pursuit of Truth (Truth’s Opposite) " In an unusual way‚ many of Flannery O’Connor’s characters in Wise Blood reveal many important truths about themselves and others‚ demonstrating their capacity for vision‚ despite their tendency to embark on perilous journeys in pursuit of truth’s opposite. For Hazel Motes‚ Wise Blood’s protagonist‚ the phallus becomes the vehicle that drives him on his journey into falsehood‚ and paradoxically‚ toward truth. Early in his life‚ O’Connor’s
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Amigo Brothers In the reading ‘Amigos Brothers’ by Piri Thomas it has a story about two boys named Antonio and Felix ‚they are best friends. They both wanted be champions on being boxers and turned out fighting each other. In this story it has many literary terms (mood‚author’s point of view‚ect.) The author’s intent/purpose is to entertain the reader.It entertains the reader by showing the conflict between the two characters‚Felix and Antonio.It shows how both characters have to fight
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