Persuasive Speech
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood.
Intro:
A. Think about your phone ringing; on the other end of the phone is someone from the hospital your spouse has just been in an accident and they are bleeding profusely.
B. Think about if you 're your newborn child was one of the 1,000 babies born every year that are diagnosed with sickle-cell disease.
C. Think if your friend just started chemotherapy and will need blood to remove the toxins that are being injected to fight their cancer.
D. None of these thoughts make for a pleasant experience however they are common experiences that most of us share.
a. All of these issues we would expect medical facilities to be ready to fix and have the supplies necessary to return our loved ones to full health.
b. What if
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The American Red Cross states that 36,000 units of blood are needed everyday.
a. People, who are in accidents, have kidney or liver damage, anemic or hemophiliacs, or even those diagnosed with cancer rely on donated blood.
b. These units of blood are critical to returning patients to good health.
Body:
A. It is estimated that in the United States, every three seconds a patient needs blood.
B. It takes a lot of blood to meet those demands.
a. Some blood can be pre-donated by patients themselves ahead of time.
b. While that situation is ideal most of the blood needed has to come from volunteer donors.
C. Although an estimated 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood at any given time, less than 10% of that eligible population actually does each year.
a. Healthy donors are the only sources of blood.
b. Unfortunately blood cannot be created or gathered, there is no substitution.
D. The average blood supply in the United States is always low.
a. Every year the demand for blood continually increases.
b. This demand far surpasses the rate at which people donate.
c. The resulting supply deficit for red blood cells is barely meeting the ever-increasing
Harmening, D. M. (2005). Modern Blood Banking & Transfusion Practices. Philidelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.
Bone marrow is the flexible tissue in the interior of bones. Hematopoiesis is when the red blood cells are formed by cores of bone marrow in the ends of lengthy bones. Bone marrow comprises 4% of the total of a person’s body mass. Bone marrow transplants treat severe diseases of the bone marrow, including specific forms of cancer. And so many people don’t receive the proper transplant they need. Paying people for their bone marrow would help to solve that situation but it’s harmful for the patience, unethical, and could potentially be risky for donors.
“A man who has had sex with another man within the last five years, whether oral or anal sex, with or without a condom or other form of protection, is not permitted to donate blood and must please not do so.”
Donating blood can be a quite rewarding experience and I encourage everyone to take part in this unique opportunity to save 3 lives with each donation.
At the time, I was unable to mentally get past the fact that she was refusing blood products to potentially save her life. This was information that I did not know the answer to. I immediately called the doctor to see if there was we could do to help her. The doctor discussed with the patient if she was willing to receive intravenous iron. Intravenous iron has been shown to be helpful for patients in restoring red blood cell and hemoglobin levels. However, the effects are not immediate (Posluszny & Napolitano, 2014). I continued to do more research and found that by educating this patient on her diet as well as safety precautions to take when ambulating were other ways in which I could help this patient recover.
Researchers claim that less than half of all eligible organ donors actually become organ donors.
Some of our population may be more at risk then others due to the ethnic background. This diseases is more prominent in some races more than others and studies have shown where the numbers increase or decrease depending on the race. Decedents of Africa, India, the Mediterranean, South and Central America and the Caribbean have a higher percentage of diagnoses. Countries who are exposed to the malaria parasite have the higher number of Sickle Cell cases. The percentage of African Americans with sickle cell is about 1 in 500 and a percentage 1 in 1,000 to 1,400 in Hispanic Americans. People of Caucasian race are less likely to have the diseases because of the history of the d...
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross.
It is stated in the National Blood Transfusion Service (2013) guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) that donor recruitment must begin from donors who belong in a low risk, safe and healthy population of a community. It is also strongly prohibited to pay any donors. The blood transfusion process is a very thorough and meticulous process to ensure the safety of the donor and the recipient of the blood unit.
Naturally you'd hope and expect the hospital to have enough resources to facilitate the return to health, or to prolong their lives,
Whether it be helping others that need a blood transfusion, or a supplemental source of income, donating plasma is an extravagant process that takes more effort than the normal citizen realizes. Previously I have explained the entirety of the donation procedure, including the waiting room ordeal, the donating, and then the end stages of the process. This information was presented so that others curious about plasma donation can vicariously live the donation process, and get a feel for what really goes on in the Biolife Plasma Center.
I have given blood before and I am aware of the questionnaire and procedures used during the blood donation process.
Main Point: and what our community could look like if we all did our part.
Blood donation is a very essential procedure in the health system. The process entails collecting blood from willing donors, testing it and then separating it into its components so that it can be used on patients. Whereas hospitals are the main users of the donated blood, they are not exactly authorised to collect, test and separate it in their own premises. Most of the health institutions get the blood from larger bodies such as the Red Cross or other Community based blood groups. Though initially faced with lots of problems, blood transfusion has been used since 1667 as a solution to some of human illnesses. Since then to now, hospitals have grown so dependent on blood donation and transfusion to save human life. With it being used and applied
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