Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about the criteria for becoming a blood donor
I. Introduction
A. As you sit in a classroom at the Community College, you may not think that saving a life is something you could do today, but, in fact, it's quite easy to do. 1. The first thing that may come to mind is some sort of emergency rescue. 2. The easiset way to save a life is blood donation. a. done in less than 1 hour b. relatively painless c. you can do it on your own schedule
B. Today, I am going to explain many aspects of blood donation.
C. I have given blood before and I am aware of the questionnaire and procedures used during the blood donation process.
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3. If these preliminary conditions are met, a person is then able to fill out a questionnaire, which asks specific questions about a person’s lifestyle to determine their level of risk.
4. A person who has any of the following cannot donate blood: a. cold or flu symptoms b. has been taking antibiotics within the previous two days c. has been tattooed or unprofessionally body pierced in the past 12 months d. has an increased risk of HIV and other STDs e. has spent longer than 3 months in a country where Mad Cow disease is seen
5. This is only a summary of the questions asked by the American Red Cross before blood donation. A complete listing can be found on their website (www.redcross.org)
B. If a potential donor meets all of the criteria, a few simple tests are performed and then donation can begin.
1. Temperature and blood pressure are both taken
2. A drop of blood is taken from the ear to run other tests on.
3. When these tests are complete, the donor is given a donation bag which will hold approximately 1 pint of blood.
4. The actual donation process usually only takes about 10 minutes.
5. After donating some people may feel a little light headed or faint a. There are rarely any serious side effects from donating blood b. Most problems can be avoided by resting after donating and staying for free juice and a
Specific Purpose: I want to educate my audience about organ donation matching process, the requirements to donate and to receive organs, and how donations can be found.
To inspire my audience to become an organ donor and to register in their state as a donor.
Central Idea: The need is constantly growing for organ donors and it is very simple to be an organ donor when you no longer need your organs.
Organs that are possible to donate must be functional and healthy. The donors must be
Each sample was tested before it was shipped. He took every possible measure to avoid poor handling and contamination of blood plasma. He closely monitored the shipments of these life-saving plasmas to treat war casualties. For five months, “Blood for Britain” project ran successfully with approximately 15000 people turning donors and approximately 5,000 vials of blood plasma collected.
The Red Cross provides blood for patients in approximately 2,600 hospitals across the U.S. The Red Cross makes blood available to any patient who needs it — patients are not required to find donors to replace the blood they use allowing the patient and their family to focus on recovery. Eighty percent of the blood donations given to the Red Cross are collected at mobile blood drives set up at community organizations, companies, high schools, and colleges, places of worship or military installations. The remaining 20 percent are collected at Red Cross donation centers. The American Red Cross works with more than 50,000 blood drive sponsors each year to hold more than 200,000 blood drives, providing convenient locations for people to give
Meeting the demand for blood in the United States is no small feat. Every two seconds someone is in need of blood in the United States and 36,000 units of red blood cell each day. Furthermore, there are many reasons that a person may not be able to donate blood, resulting in only 38% of the population being eligible to donate blood. (“Blood Facts”) Therefore, a policy that allows more people to donate blood is intuitive.
To explain the ABO and Rh blood groups and to identify the universal donor and the universal acceptor (recipient).
In living organ donation, before a donor can donate there are tests administrated to see if the donor is suitable to donate. There is an evaluation of the donor done to make sure that no physical, psychological, or emotional harm will happen to them before, during, or after donating (Organdonor.gov U.S. Government Information on Organ Donation and Transplantation). In living organ donation, most donations happen within family members, or between close friends, although there are stranger donations that happen. Living organ donors should generally be physically fit, in good health, and between the ages of 18 to 60. They should not have a history or have diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, kidney disease, or heart disease
Specific purpose: To persuade my audience to donate their organs and tissues when they die and to act upon their decision to donate.
If you are sick or injured and admitted to the hospital, the number one priority is to save your life.
For organ donation after death, a medical assessment will be done to determine what organs can be donated.
Thesis/Preview: We are going to talk about the need for organ donors, they misconceptions surrounding organ donation, and how you can become an organ donor.
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).
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