Persuasive Speech On Blood Donation

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Imagine you are laying in a hospital bed connected to multiple machines, IV’s and monitors. The only thing keeping you alive is the heart and lung machine, the team of doctors, nurses and specialist. Even with the help of modern medicine you will only remain alive as long as you stay in that hospital bed; attached to those lifesaving machines. Even with the help of those machines your life is not guaranteed. Now imagine knowing that the only thing that can save your life is a heart transplant, and having to wait your turn on a very long list to get one.

I’ve gone through days of chemotherapy to kill my unhealthy bone marrow and I feel awful. I’ve been stuck in a heavily quarantined area so I don’t get sick since the treatments required before the transplant deplete my immune system. So today is my transplant. And yeah… and I’m not ready for it. I guess I should be thankful they found a donor so fast. The doctor who is performing the procedure came in, introduced himself as Dr. Williams; told me he was a bone marrow transplant specialist, and gave me details on what he is going to. Dr. Williams began by explaining the exact procedure bone marrow transplant. He explained that during the procedure they will begin by giving the donor special shots that move stem cells into the bloodstream and then white blood cells with stem cells are sorted out through a machine. Then he went on to the part that scared me the most: a special catheter needle will be implanted on my chest to allow the direct flow of the donor's blood to my heart for a total of a few days. He went on further to tell me some of the risks. He said that there’s a possibility that my body will reject the donor cells, my organs could become damaged, there could be nausea or vomiting, fever, and a headache. These symptoms are more common in older people and he told me that there odds of these risks are slim, so this made me feel a lot better.

Our nation has a major blood shortage which results in a national health crisis. States all over the nation are reporting the need for blood donors and the importance of having donors to help those who are directly affected. There has been a recent rise in shortage due to the increased demand of high complex surgeries which require a large supply of blood. McMillan reports, “just one liver transplant can take 120 units of donated blood” (Zabarenko, 2016). It is imperative to bring attention to this social problem, and begin to search for possible solutions, as well as identifying gaps in the policy before seeking policy revision. Experts indicate that “the only solution is for this problem is to persuade people to become donors” (Nagourney, 2009).

The United States Department of Health and Human Services has a pattern blood donation policies that is important to consider when evaluating their current policies. In the 1980s there was a lifetime ban on Haitians donating blood. There are notable parallels between the current MSM policy and the Haitian policy of the 80s. First, the high risk grouping was based on identity rather than behaviors. The policies were both based on assumption of high risk and stereotyping based on sexuality or race. Another shortcoming of the CDC has been the lack of representation of individuals who will be impacted by the policies. In both cases, Haitians and MSM have not been included in governing bodies that make these decisions. Finally, both policies

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I’ve done this many times before and it is really easy however, my first time donating I was a little apprehensive, I’m a baby when it comes to pain and wasn’t sure what would actually happen. The process is pretty simple; you answer a questionnaire to see if you are eligible to donate, have you blood pressure taken, and then are given a finger prick to test your

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I think Patient B is ineligible to donate blood for a few reasons. Although she is over the age and height, at 20 years old and 113 pounds. She also has a healthy diet and the medications she takes does not affect her eligibility to donate blood. Also, she is allowed to donate with a little high sodium and she only traveled to Florida, which is fine because it is not a Zika infected area. However she is unable to donate because her red blood cell count is low, which makes her unable to donate. Second, her hematocrit and hemoglobin are low, which you cannot donate if your hemoglobin is low. This is because hemoglobin can cause anemia, which can make a person to lose red blood cells from their body. Some recommendations is she should eat more

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I donate a few times a year, and this last time I was told since I just finised a cycle of antibotics my blood was unexceptable. It didnt fit the criteria, the number of days was off. So instead of putting peoples heath and possably their lives in danger I will go back once I physicaly and moraly can pass the criteria. Better safe than sorry! There is a million other things that can be done instead of donating blood. In all honsty how would you feel if some health issuses came out of nowhere and essentialy everyone who recived your blood became infected with that heath issue. I know I would feel absolutly disgusting and I dont think I would be able to look at my self in the mirrior. Or if the tables were turned, ans you caught something because

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