Every week Australia needs over 27,000 blood donations. Currently there are just under 504,000 voluntary unpaid donors in Australia. In 2013 the Blood Service collected 1.32 million lifesaving blood donations. The red cross is an organisation is who collects, processes and distributes life saving blood products. They also contribute expertise, leadership and support for diagnostic transplantations and other clinical services as well as world class health research. Understanding how important blood donation is, is an issue due to the lack of blood donated to make a difference in someone’s life. Blood is vital to life, making a lot of blood donors patients life lines. Currently, only 1 in 30 Australians are giving blood, but 1 in 3 Australians …show more content…
I received a sample of individuals thoughts and feelings on blood donating and why or why not they believe it is important to donate. The results received do support my focus question with almost 100% of my sample saying yes, blood donating is important. However, more than 50% haven 't donated, I followed this survey question with ‘Why haven 't you donated?’ to which the responses I received were, lived in the United Kingdom in the time of Mad Cow Disease, not permitted to due to being tattooed within the last 12 months, health issues, pregnancy, scared if needles and blood makes some people …show more content…
Social clubs, Schools and Work places donate blood or participate in donation camps. Donating blood is a healthy gesture which only takes a maximum one hour of your time, this equated to 4% of your whole day. We must keep donating as our blood banks are always running low on required blood and can only be stored for a limited amount of time. The importance of blood donation is dispersed though the public through the individuals who have loved ones who have been in desperate need for love. A mother by the name of Carolyn Patrick was unbeknown to the importance of blood donation until her beloved daughter Jasmine was diagnosed with brain cancer. Throughout the six months of chemotherapy Jasmine received red blood cells and platelets to allow her body to sustain chemotherapy treatment. Every Australian needs blood at least once in their lifetime. As a community the blood donation is understood as being important
Psychographics: Just about anybody could be interested in in donating blood or joining the club. Giving blood can potentially save someone’s life, which may grab many peoples attention.
Nevertheless, willing donations are scarce, recently DMV’s have incorporated the option of choosing whether to donate or not donate when obtaining a permit or license. Bringing attention towards this question is fundamental to obtain more registered donors because some people lack the knowledge of how to become donor. Hence, once a person has died without registering to be a donor there is not much that could be done unless a family member accountable for the person agrees on doing so. Not every donor qualifies to donate, depending on the gravitude of the incident in which their death
This Man’s Blood Has Saved the Lives of Two Million Babies by Samantha Bresnahan of CNN, tells the story of James Harrison, a 78 year old man, who has donated plasma from his right arm, his golden arm, for the past 60 years. He had an operation in 1951, at age 14, where the doctors removed one of his lungs. During his surgery he received 13 liters of donated blood that saved his life, and because of that Harrison became a donor himself. Once becoming a donor it was discovered that that plasma in his blood contained the answer to a serious
Department of Health and Services, unfortunately, of the 124,000 men, women, and children waiting on the organ donor list, an average of 21 people will die each day without ever getting the call for good news of the donation they needed. And every 10 minutes another name is added to the national organ transplant waiting list. Although there have been great advances in medical technology and donation, the demand for organ, eye and tissue donation still vastly exceeds the number of donors. The only way to make a difference is to raise awareness and persuade others to become donors. Statistics from Donate A Life America show that in 2014, more than 8,500 deceased donors made possible approximately 24,000 organ transplants. In addition, there were nearly 6,000 transplants from living
Blood transfusions have become a common part of medical care with nearly 5 million Americans a year receiving a transfusion. Blood transfusions are used in the treatment of many different conditions, from replacing blood lost in surgeries or injuries to fighting diseases like liver disease, anemia, and bleeding disorders like hemophilia (Nglbi.nih.gov, 2014). Blood collection and transfusion are overseen by many different agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Through these agencies work in donor screening and surveillance, blood transfusions usually cause no adverse reactions in the recipient and are considered a safe medical procedure. Despite this, blood safety remains an important public health matter both due to the seriousness of some adverse reactions when they do occur and the need for preparedness in reacting to future blood safety issues that can suddenly arise when new bloodborne diseases emerge. It is for these reasons that Healthy People 2020 has made reducing the proportion of averse reactions from the medical use of blood and blood products one of their objectives.
It seems to me increasingly anarchic that in a society that is increasingly liberal and accepting, that legislation should still exist that effectively discriminates against one section of itself. I feel that there are three main arguments in favour of this issue, which are : that it is not morally right to deny people their opportunity to give blood , that there are practical benefits to
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross.
With every survey taken there are limitations. Within this survey people could have not wanted to say their true reasons for not votin...
I have given blood before and I am aware of the questionnaire and procedures used during the blood donation process.
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.
By donating blood to insure there is enough in supply, the life we save may be our own.
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
The Importance of Organ Donation Each day approximately 6,300 people die and what makes this haunting is that presently there are 83,513 people waiting for organs to be donated, yet each day 17 people die because they do not receive a transplant (http://www.donatelife.net/facts_stats.html). These statistics show that people who are waiting for organ transplants have a good chance at being saved and get what they need. The sad truth is though, because of the lack of people willing to donate organs, many people will continue to wait for organs to save their lives. ? Waiting lists of patients for organ transplants become longer as the need for transplantable organs increases? (Sheehy 1).
“Donating blood is safe and easy, and takes less than an hour and one blood donation can help as many as three or four different people! In what other activity, can so little time do so much” ("Feel Prepared. Give Blood." ). Just think, if no one gave blood then how many people would still be living who really needed it? Despite all our medical advances, there is no good man-made substitute for human blood; this is why blood donations are so important. Some people strongly believe that donating blood is bad, but what people don’t know is that it actually has surprisingly good benefits like reducing the risk of cancer, burning calories, and even saving someone’s life, so everyone who has the opportunity to give
Because of this incidence, I started volunteering at the Canadian Blood Services. I even formed a club at my school to spread awareness and recruit new donors and volunteers to be proactive.