2022-07-21 21:38:09
𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙
1. More than 4.5 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 need blood transfusions each year in the U.S. and Canada.
2. 43,000 pints: amount of donated blood used each day in the 𝙐.𝙎 and 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙖.
3. Someone needs blood every two seconds.
4. Only 37 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood – less than 10 percent do annually**.
5. About 1 in 7 people entering a 𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 need blood.
6. One pint of blood can save up to 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 lives.
7. 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 who are at least 17 years old, and at least 110 pounds may donate about a pint of blood—the most common form of donation—every 56 days, or every two months. 𝙁𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; males receive 47 percent.
8. 94 percent of blood donors are registered voters.
9. Four main 𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚𝙨: A, B, AB and O.
Each can be 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 or 𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 for the Rh factor.
AB is the 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩;
O negative is the universal 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙧 of red blood cells.
10. 𝘿𝙧. 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙧 first identified the major human blood groups – A, B, AB and O – in 1901.
11. One unit of blood can be separated into several 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨: red blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate.
12. Red blood cells carry 𝙤𝙭𝙮𝙜𝙚𝙣 to the body’s 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙨 and𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚s.
13. Red blood cells live about 120 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 in the circulatory system.
14. Platelets promote 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 and give those with leukemia and other cancers a chance to live.
15. 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖 is a pale yellow mixture of water, proteins and salts.
16. 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙢𝙖, which is 90 percent water, makes up 55 percent of blood volume.
17. Healthy 𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 makes a constant supply of red cells, plasma and platelets.
18. Blood or plasma that comes from people who have been paid for it cannot be used to 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣.
19. 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙮𝙩𝙚𝙨, a type of white blood cell, roll along blood vessel walls in search of 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖 to 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙛 and 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮.
20. 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 are the body’s primary 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣
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