by ; ckmadrigal Donating Blood Introduction: Most of the time, daily pressures and responsibilities force us to overlook how important life is. We rarely take the time to consider the small things that we do for others and how these things can affect someone else life. Having an important effect is human blood it is something that everyone need is order to survive. Blood is something that cannot be produced. However, the Single source of blood that we have is from donating healthy volunteers
Speech Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood. Intro: A. Think about your phone ringing; on the other end of the phone is someone from the hospital your spouse has just been in an accident and they are bleeding profusely. B. Think about if you 're your newborn child was one of the 1,000 babies born every year that are diagnosed with sickle-cell disease. C. Think if your friend just started chemotherapy and will need blood to remove the toxins that are being injected to fight their
When asked about donating blood, the most common answer or reaction from people is that they’re scared of needles. Nonetheless, others do provide a variety of excuses to get out of donating blood whenever they can. Donating blood is an hour long process that commences the second someone steps through the door, but the phlebotomy itself takes only ten minutes. Though blood donation includes a rather large, 17 gauge needle, one pint of blood from a donor can save up to, not only one but three lives
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood Introduction: I. Imagine your father has just suffered a heart attack and must undergo open-heart surgery in order to repair the damage. II. Imagine your little nephew or niece baby was born with a heart defect and required daily transfusions of blood in order to have a chance at survival. III. Imagine your best friend has just been diagnosed with leukemia, a disease requiring regular transfusions of platelets. IV
There is someone out there in need of a bone marrow transplant waiting for a donor that matches their DNA, and it could be you! You see ads displaying the words become a blood donor and save lives however, becoming a bone marrow donor has been over shadowed, many people are unaware of how crucial it is to become a bone marrow donor and the key role it plays for the person in need of a bone marrow transplant to live. With becoming a bone marrow donor, you have the power to impact the lives of others
The Mayo Clinic defines a blood transfusion as “a routine medical procedure in which donated blood is provided to you through a narrow tube placed within a vein in your arm”. The first human blood transfusion on record was conducted by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, a French physician during the late 1600’s. Although Denys’ transfusions weren’t sound proof and often written off as unorthodox, he unknowingly ushered in a new era of medicine and laid the foundation for modern advances in Hematology. I choose
“to prevent and alleviate human suffering wherever it may be found.” Some of the ways the Red Cross helps people is by providing disaster relief, lifesaving blood, and training & certification. Disaster strikes in many forms including weather related and house fires. They help provide food, clean water, and shelter to those in need. Donating
As the blood Is profusely gushing out, and the body can not restock the blood leaving. As the body can not continuously provide oxygenation and perfusion to the tissue. As the blood loss can starts to traumatic.The body goes into Hemorrhagic shock, or also known as Hypovolemic shock. This shock is usually an commonly seen in GI bleeds, childbirth, a traumatic event, a car accident or even a shooting. Many events can cause Hemorrhagic shock, but if the Hemorrhagic shock goes untreated the patient
electrons easily, a characteristic that allows it to perform as an antioxidant. In the body, antioxidants defend against free radicals. A free radical is a molecule with one or more unpaired electrons, which makes it unstable and highly reactive. By donating an electron or two, antioxidants neutralize free radicals and protect other substances from their damage. Figure 1 illustrates how vitamin C can give up electrons to stop free radical damage and then accept them again to become reactivated. This
Barton has inspired you to look around you and see the needs of others, but to also act to help meet these needs. Think about supporting the Red Cross finically or by volunteering so that they can continue supporting America’s Military Families, donating blood, offering health and safety services, working internationally with other country’s Red Cross, and offering disaster relief. Strong Final Statement: Clara Barton founded the Red Cross, what can you accomplish if you put your mind to
audience terrified by the gruesome details of the murdering and sucking the blood to kill the victims, in order for the vampire kind to survive. However, the modern vampire is drastically pulling away from that negative connotation, and becoming difficult to differentiate amongst the public. Since many Americans are struggling to make ends meet, they tend to seek out alternative methods of achieving money, such as donating blood for a payment. This not only helps struggling families in their time of
Hemophilia is a rare bleeding disorder that slows down the blood clotting process. This happens because the blood lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins. According to Salem Health, “Formation of a blood clot involves the participation of nearly twenty different substances, most of which are proteins synthesized by plasma” (1436). When individuals lack these specific proteins, the human body cannot clot properly therefore, forming hemophilia. Hemophilia is also a genetic disorder, meaning this disorder
than carrying oxygenated hemoglobin, our blood carries deoxygenated hemoglobin in increased amounts “>5 g/dL”. In this case, the baby is experiencing central cyanosis, which is abnormal and needs to be treated immediately. When the doctor attempted to give the baby oxygen via nasal cannula, it did not change the blood oxygen saturation because although the concentration of blood oxygen levels increased, there is too much deoxyhemoglobin to cause the blood oxygen saturation percent to increase back
in technology, however, some parents are considering preimplantation genetic diagnosis and HLA tissue typing to care for their sick children. With PGD and HLA typing, parents have the ability to essentially design a child that will have a specific blood or tissue type to potentially allow them to donate to the sick older child. These children, who created to act as a sort of “built-in donor” for the sick child, are often labeled “savior siblings”. While
I am an Organ Donor As we stood over the precisely dissected bodies, trying to distinguish between the phrenic and vagus nerves, the greater and lesser omentums, and the left and right gastroepiploic arteries, I inadvertently looked away from my prosection and saw Stephanie (one of the TAs) walking across the room carrying a human head face down against her palm. This sight forced me to recognize a truth about these prosections; these body pieces, picked clean of fat and connective tissue, were
St. Mary’s hospital, so she can receive blood and get some tests done. She has lost a lot of blood.” The mother in shock cries a not-so-grateful thanks, hangs up the phone, and drives to the hospital. There seventeen-year-old Jane Doe is luckily doing fine. She has an IV hooked up replenishing the lost blood. It’s her second bag. The daughter and mother should be grateful for the daughter’s life. They should especially be thankful for those two pints of blood she received. A gift from donors, made
Blood, that red life fluid involved with the creation of life, it is quite common yet not everybody has enough. As a good citizen, it is your responsibility to give what others need for life. The Red Cross has regular donation times and travels around to schools, offices, and cities quite often. Giving blood may be scary for some, but in time this will pass. There are a few things you can do to make your first time giving blood easier on your mind and body. Blood is a liquid that is supplemented
the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act established a community-funding program designed to assist in the daily lives of people living with AIDS. This congressional act was named in memory of a young man who contracted HIV through blood products and became a public figure for his courage in fighting the disease and community prejudice. The act is still in place, although continued funding for such social programs is threatened by opposition in the U.S. Congress. The lack of effective
beginning of the semester I donated blood at the Pellissippi Blood Drive on the Magnolia campus. I was a little nervous because I had donated blood with Medic once before and they had a rough time finding a vein, so it wasn’t a pleasant. However, this time the lady knew that I was going to be a hard stick, so she took time, found the right vein, and it all went smoothly. After donating they give you a snack, t-shirt, and tons of coupons, which always makes giving blood a better experience. Before they
that states other wise. Implemented in 1977, and officially adopted in 1983, federal policy, bars blood donations from men who have ever had sexual contact with other men. This means that gay men are not allowed to donate blood. Supporters of the ban state that, studies show that those with high risk sexual behavior place others in danger when they donate blood. They also claim that many sexually/blood transmitted diseases are still commonly found in homosexual communities. However not all homosexual