At the 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 begin the process, you must fill out paper work, they check your vitals, such as blood pressure and Iron levels, and they ask a lot of questions. They begin by asking if you have eaten anything today. One explanation as to why this question is asked, is to make sure that you do not pass out during the process. They also ask if you have been sick recently, if so then you cannot give blood because they do not want to risk getting another person sick. After the ask basic questions, they then start to ask more personal questions, such as if you have been to prison, drug and sexual history, and if you have traveled to other countries within the past year that could risk you getting a disease. The question process …show more content…
is kind of lengthy, but it is understandably so because there is the risk of transmitting a disease that you do not know about. After the questioning process, they take a few vials of blood, which is what they will use for screening purposes.
They send these to labs where they will then check your blood type and scan for viruses. Determining the donor and recipient’s blood type is extremely important because of the antibodies and antigens. If there is cross matching it can cause the recipient to reject the donor’s blood and form clots. They screen for viruses by looking for antibodies, as well. They look for antibodies that are on viruses that cause diseases such as HIV, Influenza, and any other virus that are a possible concern. If any of the screenings come back positive, then the blood cannot be used, so they discard it and they will notify the donator within twenty-four
hours. They prevent contamination by putting a label on each bag and tubes of blood that you donate that has a code that is linked to your information. They had to stick me two times, so they had to make me two different labels to prevent contamination, which was something that I thought was kind of cool. To keep the blood fresh, the labeled blood bags and tubes are transported in coolers and stored in a lab refrigerator. The blood stays fresh for about six weeks. There are many benefits in donating blood, not only can you help save someone’s life, but by donating through Medic, I learned that if for some reason you or your family is in need of blood you get on a priority list as an appreciation of your donation.
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross.
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“A man who has had sex with another man within the last five years, whether oral or anal sex, with or without a condom or other form of protection, is not permitted to donate blood and must please not do so.”
The first step requires the physician to place an order to administer the blood product. He/she will utilize an electronic medical record to enter the order. There are guidelines for blood administration available. There is a rule related to assuring there is a physician obtained informed consent prior to the administration. Important information includes the patient’s clinical status and laboratory values.
Plasma donation begins with the individual arriving at the Biolife Plasma Center. Upon arrival the person signs themselves in via clipboard or computer. Then after sign-in the individual is seated amongst many other potential donors awaiting their name to be called so they may advance in the donation cycle. Eventually, a nurse calls the individuals name, and directs them toward the front desk. Here they will be weighed on an electronic scale, and also at have their finger pricked with a small punch. This punch makes a small inci! sion in the index finger, that allows a sample of blood to be squeezed into a small straw-like tube. This blood sample is then taken to the small laboratory to be tested for efficiency, while the potential donor is taken to a small cubicle to answer a series of questions involving their immunization history. After the questioning session ends the individual is once again seated in the waiting area until their name is called over the intercom system.
In Blood In Blood Out is a drama directed by Taylor Hackford, and starring Damian Chapa (Miklo), Benjamin Bratt (Paco), and Jesse Borrego (Cruz), produced by Hollywood Pictures. The film was based off everyday life in East Los Angeles, from the 1970’s through the 1980’s. Damian Chapa stars as Miklo in the film, a Mexican-American who wanted to be accepted, not by his skin but for the Mexican within him. Benjamin Bratt (Paco) was the older cousin of Miklo, who learned his lesson throughout the movie and changed his ways. Jesse Borrego (Cruz) is the step-brother of Paco who was a talent artist, who ended up turning to drugs because of back problems caused by a rival gang incident.
(Transition: I'm hoping most of you by now are considering giving blood, and I'm sure most of you are wandering what it entails)
So I’m terrified of needles, but they say that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I am certainly banking on that to be true every time I go to the Blood Center to donate blood, which is about every two months. I don’t like it, but it’s just such a good thing to do. I used to give whenever they would come around in those buses, but I stopped doing that after my first visit to the Blood Center. I discovered that you get much more individual attention when you go to the Blood Center at about seven o’clock on a Thursday night.
I have given blood before and I am aware of the questionnaire and procedures used during the blood donation process.
Organ donation is the taking of healthy organs and tissues from one person and transplanting it into another. Organ donations mostly occur for patients with kidney failure, heart disease, lung disease, and problems of the liver. For patients who need a kidney or a liver, a living donor’s organs can be used. Since humans are already born with two kidneys, one can be taken for a transplant and the person can easily live with the remaining other. It's almost the same for the liver; because it's regenerative and grows back if a piece is to be taken from it. However, if the patient needs a heart, lung, or a pancreas, the organ needs to come from a deceased donor. If the patient consents to an organ transplant, doctors put the patient’s name on a list by the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS. UNOS has a database with all transplant patients waiting for organs and information on all organ transplant centers. Their board of directors have strict policies that decide who will get which organs. Most acceptable donors are those who are brain dead but are still on life support which means their organs are still viable. A match is declared when both the donor and the recipient have the same blood and tissue type, and other medical factors are considered depending on the specific needs for each case. Also, how long a patient has
Knowing information about the blood type of the patient is extremely important during blood transfusion because antibodies for certain blood types attack antigens present in the RBC of foreign blood causing agglutination - clumping of RBCs. So blood cells with antigen A on their surface membrane will be affected by antibodies A, RBCs with antigen B will react with antibodies B and RBCs with antigen Rh will react with Rh antibodies. If a recipient with type A is given blood which contains antibodies A (types B and O), agglutination will occur and a lethal outcome is possible. It is important to mention that type O does not have any antigens on the surface membrane of RBCs and is universal donor and type AB does not have any antibodies on the plasma membrane and is universal recipient. (Martini, 2014;Amerman, 2014)
Working with clinical teams to ensure the relevant pathways are established to support timely identification and referral of potential organ and tissue donors.
Through this test, an independent blood centre in Charlotte was seen as a best fit given that the population was large enough to supply the centre with enough blood. Thus, the Community Blood Centre of the Carolinas was founded in 2002. Working under the license of another centre, CBCC had three major goals: meet all the needs of blood donors, meet all the needs of patients and meet all the needs of the health service providers in its region of operation. To ensure this, CBCC initiated a procedure in its operations that ensured that the problem of blood availability was catered for. The centre only collected the blood from donors, broke down the blood into its components, tested it and returned it to the community that donated
The blood of the donor must be compatible with the blood of the recipient. This is because of the clumping of blood will occur if incompatible blood from the donor is transfused into the recipient. Several incidents will occur to the blood recipient such as renal failure and shock because the clumped red blood cells are cracked. If a person is suffered from severe agglutination of blood in the body after blood transfusion, it will cause death. Therefore, it is very important to know the blood groups of the blood donor and recipient. Person of blood group A can only receive blood from the person of blood group A and O only while the person of blood group B can only receive blood from the person of blood group B and O only. This is due to the absence of their corresponding antibodies in the blood of the donor. Person of blood group AB can receive blood from the person of any blood group because it does not contain any of the antibodies that will cause clumping of blood. Due to this fact, people of blood group AB are known as universal recipients. Then, the person with blood group O cannot receive any blood group except blood group O only but he can donate blood to the person of any blood group. This is because blood group O does not contain any antigen but contain both of the antibody A and antibody B. Therefore, people of blood group O are known as universal donors. Besides that,
Because of this incidence, I started volunteering at the Canadian Blood Services. I even formed a club at my school to spread awareness and recruit new donors and volunteers to be proactive.