giving an hour of your day? I wasn’t aware of how many people I can help until there was a blood drive at my high school. The blood drive was run by the ARUP Blood Services and I learned a ton about donating blood. Before you donate you can talk to a representative and learn more about donating blood. I learned that the blood donated can be stored for about 28 days until it goes bad. The phlebotomist told me blood donations are given to several patients who need transfusions to live. If there are many
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Blood Cells Leukocytes (WBC’s) Leukocytes also known as white blood cells (WBCs) are cells which play a defensive roll in the body against injury and infection. They migrate towards tissues where they are needed and become functional performing various activities. WBCs can be divided into 2 groups: Polymorphonuclear granulocytes and mononuclear agranulocytes. Both types are spherical while suspended in blood plasma but when they invade tissues after leaving the blood vessels they become amoeboid
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minute of every day‚ someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor‚ a person like oneself who makes the choice to donate. When one makes a blood donation‚ they are joining a very select group. Currently only three out of every one hundred people in America donate blood. From its beginning‚ the American Red Cross has formed a community of service‚ of generous‚ strong‚ and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American Red Cross blood donor embodies this principle
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How to Quickly and Easily Understand Your Blood Tests Without A Medical Degree The Simplified Patient Reference Guide By Ronald J. Grisanti D.C. Limits of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty The author‚ Ronald Grisanti and publisher‚ Busatti Corporation have made their best effort to produce a high quality‚ informative and helpful book. The author and Publisher make no representation or warranties with respect to the accuracy‚ applicability‚ fitness or completeness of the contents of this program
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Blood Components Normally‚ 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In adults‚ this amounts to 4.5-6 quarts of blood. This essential fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ and other waste products. In addition‚ it plays a vital role in our immune system and in maintaining a relatively constant body temperature. Blood is a highly specialized tissue composed of more than 4‚000 different kinds of
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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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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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Blood Disorders Carl Jones HCA/240 November 20‚ 2011 Lily‚ a 4-year-old Caucasian female‚ has she been complaining of being tired all the time. She is pale and is a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget to feed a large family. Lily eats only pasta‚ breads‚ and hot dogs‚ and she drinks only artificial fruit punch. Lily has iron deficiency anemia. In this first scenario I think that Lily has Pernicious Anemia or else identified as Vitamin B12 anemia. Several
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Blood Transfusions 101 By: Nicola Karen Adamson‚ NHS Tayside‚ BN‚ DipHe Purpose The purpose of this module is to teach the clinical RN the basics of blood‚ how to administer a blood/blood component transfusion safely‚ and the hazards of transfusion related to blood administration. This module is indicated for teaching purposes based on the fact that the NHS requires at least quarterly review of blood usage‚ oversight of blood transfusion practices‚ documentation of blood transfusion errors‚ and
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Blood is the best known as significant evidence in modern criminal justice. Blood evidence is important to an investigator because it can link a victim to a suspect (Locards Exchange Principle). Bloodstain patterns can reveal a great deal about the position and movement during the crime. Blood has managed to destroy self-defense arguments from the suspects. The fluid portion of the blood consists of plasma and serum while the non-fluid portion consists of red blood cells. Blood is composed of water
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