Persuasive Speech

“You don’t know how important donating blood is until you’re sick.” That’s what Alyssa Gomez tells people and she knows it’s true. In the fall of 2004, Alyssa was diagnosed with leukemia and her treatment requires that she receive both whole blood and platelets. Donating blood only takes moments of someone’s time, so everyone capable should make time to donate because it saves lives, gives back to the community, and it even can help one’s self.

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.

Every two seconds someone needs a blood transfusion only 10% of Americans who are able to donate blood actually do donate. Keep going with this thought and explain how there are many different ways a person can donate; from a blood (aka whole blood) donation, to a double red blood cell donation, plasma, and plasma. Each of these various methods take a different amount of days for a donor to recover and (REMAKE BLOOD) before donating again.

Patients have to type and cross match every 72 hours, every time they have a blood

In a publication of the Stanford University School of Medicine, held an article entitled “Against the Flow—What’s Behind the Decline in Blood Transfusions?” The author of that article, Sarah C. P. Williams, stated: “Over the past decade, a growing body of research has revealed that in hospitals around the world, donated blood is used more often, and in larger quantities, than is needed to help patients—both in operating rooms and hospital

Since there is a severe blood loss, a blood transfusion should be considered when life-threaten, which need a blood test to get the correct blood type of the patient first. However, due to the patient’s belief in such a case, that the patient is not competent to make an informed decision and there is no immediately contactable family or friends, the medical practitioner can treat the patient according to a professional judgment of the patient’s best interests (Legal and Regulatory Services.2005.), or discuss possible treatment options with Hospital Liaison Committee (Australian Red Cross Blood

Mother Seton Blood Drive was a complete success! Hosted by the NHS and Mrs.Puelo. Girls saved three lives with just a pint of blood. NHS members will be assisted throughout the entire process: helping donors through the paperwork, comforting donors, and assisting donors to the snack table. And if volunteers were not able to stomach the donation the NHS was also raffling of a basket filled with goodies to win. The MSR blood drive raised 33 pints of blood. That’s 99 lives saved! ust so you know, donating blood is as not as scary as you might think. A prick of the needle can come a long way. After all, donating blood is a win-win situation both for the donor and

Even though needles scare me and giving somebody a blood transfusion is not something I do every day, I knew I had to do it as I am a utilitarian and it would be against my morals to not give the patient the blood they need.

A. I have been working for the transplant team for 3 years, and I have seen the need of organs, because in Colorado a person has to wait 4 years or more to receive a transplant.

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).

The need for blood is growing more everyday while the numbers of donors is decreasing. Sickle cell disease affects more than 70,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives (RedCrossBlood.org). According to the Red Cross blood website 41,000 pints of blood are needed every single day, and they need us to make that possible. Donating blood is a safe process that is done with a sterile needle used only one time for each donor. There is a four-step process to donating blood. First, is the

Donors have a choice of 3 different donations: whole blood, plasma and platelets. Your blood type will help determine which option may be best for you, and it’s important to keep in mind that you need to have donated whole blood in the last two years in order to start donating plasma or platelets.

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

Currently UK donors voluntarily register to donate. However not everyone can donate. For example, you must be healthy aged between 17-65, you cannot donate if you have visited a malaria infected country, nor if you have had a tattoo in the last year and you cannot donate if you are pregnant. All of which are in the interests of donor safety and those receiving blood. Per donation approximately 470 ml of blood is taken and with an appointment the process should take around one hour. The process includes a preparation session, followed by a general health screening and then the donation can take place.

If you are a returning donor you will need to bring your donor card and ID. First time donors need to bring ID and after your first appointment you will receive a donor card and a blood droplet pin. The day of your donation don’t skip meals and drink plenty of water. So you show up at your appointment, the next thing you need to do is sign in. While you are waiting you must read a little booklet. The booklet contains information on people who are unable to donate blood. They may not be able to give because of where they have traveled or maybe it’s the medicine they are taking. You have to read this every time you donate. Since I’ve donate for a couple years I just skim it to see it they have added anything new.