The Pros And Cons Of Donating Blood Donors

Donating blood improves cardiovascular health. Reducing heart attacks can be solved by reducing your blood viscosity, which is how thick and sticky your blood is. It’s caused by too much iron building up in the arties. Men are at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease than women. There are studies that show that out of 3,000 men 88% of the ones who donated blood had less risk of a heart attack by 50% then those who didn’t donate at all. Also when you go to donate blood it’s like getting a free mini check-up. They check your blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and iron levels.

During the first week of Health Promotion and Caring, we learned about many aspects that are associated with blood transfusions. Blood products, blood typing and compatibility, pre and post transfusion protocol, bedside checks, and transfusion reactions were some

According to United Network for Organ Sharing (2010) organ donations and transplantation are the removal of organs and tissues from one person and placed into another person’s body. The need for organ transplantation usually occurs when the recipient organ has failed (UNOS, 2010). Organ donation can save the lives of many individuals who are on the waiting list for an organ donation. Becoming an organ donor can be a difficult decision. Many people have the false beliefs about being an organ donor. An example would be if organ donor is on their driver’s license and a person is in a life-threatening accident everything will not be done to save their life. There is an increase need for organ donors and unfortunately the need for organ

At the age of 18 I think that everyone should be offered the chance to become an organ donor instead of at 16 being asked for their drivers license. People should not be forced to allow doctors to harvest their organs from their deceased bodies, but if they are okay with that they can go ahead. To be blunt, I think the world is overpopulated and the Darwanian evolution theories phrase, “Survival of the Fittest” deffinetly applies to this topic. Advances in human science are fantastic and I think that if we can help someone we should, but if someone is not comfortable with sharing their organs because of either religous of personal views they should not be forced to.

I have had patients with cultural belief of refusing blood products. When getting report I was told the nurse tried to convince them to receive the blood transfusion. They refused even when told they could die without it.

The inclusion of these variables alongside their respective levels in the research design is planned with the intention of possessing a prompted experimental and control group relative to their desire to impart blood onto others needing it for health or medical reasons.

You extract blood from the patient and place it in a test tube with A,B and RH antibodies to figure person’s blood type. When you give the wrong type of blood to a patient immunological reactions occur, red blood cells from the donated blood clump up. The clump can stop the circulation of the blood to several parts of the body. These cells can also crack open and leak toxins in the body which can have fatal consequences.

There are many ways in which the current blood donation policy is inadequate. From a medical perspective, there are better indicators

During emergency moments, patients vary in their choice to receive blood transfusions. Fundamentalist Jehovah's Witnesses are not willing to receive blood products under any circumstances, even when it means losing their lives. Their position is so extreme that they are also not willing to receive a transfusion for their underage children, even those not born yet. However, Ecumenist suggests that secondary components of the blood, such as albumin, coagulation factors and immunoglobulins, should be accepted because they naturally cross the placental barrier during pregnancy, so they do not have the same connotation of the primary components and are no longer considered “blood”. Also, Ecumenist are flexible to those members who receive a transfusion against their will or those who have accepted the transfusion and regret of their actions (Besio). Because of ecumenist’s efforts, Jehovah’s Witnesses are allowed to carry a signed and witnessed “Advance Decision Document” listing the blood products and autologous procedures that are, or are not, acceptable to them. Usually, a copy of that document is placed in the patient records (JPAC). Moreover, ecumenist movements have made it possible for Jehovah’s Witness patients to undergo otherwise religiously questionable procedures such as apheresis, hemodialysis, cardiac bypass with non-blood fluids, as well as the use of recombinant products, like erythropoiesis stimulating agents and granulocyte colony stimulating

A number of psychological theories have been used to explore the factors associated with the behaviors of healthcare practitioners, the theory of planned behavior, social cognitive theory, psychological egoism, and etc., These theoretical domains offer a comprehensive list of potentially relevant constructs for the behavior of transfusing (Haack, 2012). They include factors such as local protocols, management policies, resources, and etc,. Blood transfusion is an essential part of healthcare and can improve patient outcomes, however, like most therapies, it is also associated with significant clinical risks. According to scholarly article, “The Ethics of Consent: Theory and Practice,” written by Franking Miller and Alan Wertheimer, it states

|appeal to younger affluent people. |Perception of giving blood is often negative and has adverse effects. |

The topic of blood donation well-researched, with strategies having been devised to try and increase donation rates all over the world. Australia faces a challenging set of circumstances, in which remuneration for donation is illegal (ARCBS, 2013). It is thought this may be a contributing factor to the poor repeat donation rates in youth demographics, for whom altruism is no longer a primary driving factor when considering donation (Russell-Bennett, Hartel, Previte & Russel, 2012).

Just imagine if one of your brothers or sisters was born with a heart defect and had to have daily transfusions of blood in order to have a chance of survival. Unfortunately, things happen like this everyday and some of you may have experienced them already. In this essay I am going to persuade you to become a blood donor. I try to donate blood every two months or so because it makes me feel like I am doing something good and saving people’s lives. Do you know that 95% of all Americans will need a blood transfusion sometime in our lives (Red Cross web site)? That statistic means that there is a possibility that you, and your family and friends could need support from volunteer blood donors. In this essay I will discuss the need for blood donations, solutions that can increase blood donations, and actions that need to be taken to increase blood donations.

62 Griffith University students, 35 female and 27 male age 18 – 30 were asked to participate in our survey. Respondents had to fill out 20 questions which included demographic questions on age, gender and nationality as well as questions regarding awareness, attitude and actual behaviour towards blood donation. The quantitative data from our survey was entered into

The implications of the researcher findings identified improvement of black people donating cadaveric organs. The researcher suggests that they should be educated regarding religious restrictions for organ donations. As well as involvement of religious community leadership may help in improving donation rates. Improving rates of donation for black males should focus around to create a trusting atmosphere. Administering blood drives in locations where the fear of hospitals may not be prominent. This may improve recruitment of black males for donation. The description of the research findings of the study is clear to allow replication. The suggested ideas improvement in allowing participating in donating blood and cadaveric organs. An option would be improving a comfortable atmosphere for patients.