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    A thirty year old ban on homosexuals from donating blood has been lifted but not entirely abolished by FDA. It has taken tremendous efforts and time to end the discrimination against homosexual men to donate blood in United States. Since 1977, FDA had disqualified homosexual men or any man who had sex with another man even once from donating blood. This was due to the unreasonable and unfounded fear of contracting and transmitting HIV/AIDS. There was not enough information available from the government

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    Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate blood regularly if their blood is safe and if they are able to transfer to another human being. Thesis: People should donate blood, it helps saves lives through a relatively simple and painless process that provides numerous benefits to the donor. Claim: Value Organizational Pattern: Motivated sequence Introduction Attention Getter: On October 1st of 2017 a gunman opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers 58 of those concertgoers were killed and

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    Blood, that red life fluid involved with the creation of life, it is quite common yet not everybody has enough. As a good citizen, it is your responsibility to give what others need for life. The Red Cross has regular donation times and travels around to schools, offices, and cities quite often. Giving blood may be scary for some, but in time this will pass. There are a few things you can do to make your first time giving blood easier on your mind and body. Blood is a liquid that is supplemented

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    You might be a little afraid about giving blood. Don’t be! It’s simple and takes less than an hour to complete. I’m here to tell you each step in the blood donation process. There are six steps to giving blood. The first step is making an appointment. This step is optional walk-ins are always welcomed. It’s best to make an appointment so the staff has an idea of how many people are going to show up. You can make an appointment online or call. The number to call is 1-800-RED CROSS. Or to make an

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    Donating Blood 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

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    Blood Donation One of the many lasts in my life. Driving? Check. First dance? Check. First job? Check. First time donating blood? Not checked, that is until recently. Due to the required age, blood donation has always eluded me. That is until the stars aligned in the most perfect opportunity. The passing of another year for myself, finally at an eligible age for donation: 16, and the assignment of a project that required me to do something of which I have never done. Unwaivered in my resolve to

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    because of the blood donations that the American Red Cross has provided to citizens and soldiers alike, that number is far fewer. This is the most well known aspect of the Red Cross, and is without a doubt the most beneficial. The American Red Cross provides an effective and extremely beneficial service for blood donations Fig. 1 Blood donors being prepped for their donation Blood donations help save countless lives and improve that of many others. As nearly 36,000 units of red blood cells are required

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    effects of advertising for blood donation Introduction To encourage people to donate blood, there is need to advertise and make people understand the effects of blood donation. Advertising encourages people to donate blood and can also be used as a reminder. Donating blood ensures that there is enough blood in the blood banks, in case of an emergency blood requirement. Showing people that by them donating blood they could be saving a life will encourage people to donate blood more frequently. This paper

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    terms that are integral to blood terminology, but they are also the terms that describe the changing market of blood donations. ABO groups, Rh, antigens, and antibodies are just some of the components of blood that must be studied before matching a donor and recipient for a blood transfusion. Blood transfusion is a long, complex process that has a unique matching market of its own, and it has gone through many changes throughout history. In order to determine if the blood is a safe match, technicians

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    What do people think when they see donate blood? Most think they would pass out because the sight of their own blood. Weak stomachs are usually the culprit. What people do not know about drawing blood is how it is properly done. Whether it is for donation or testing drawing blood is a very unique skill that is challenging and requires the proper knowledge to do it safely. In order to complete this task it is required to have the right equipment to do so. So one would have to obtain a straight butterfly

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