OK, so maybe I was lying about the brain burn man.
I went to donate blood with my lovely girlfriend Sara this afternoon. It is important for those in the greater Lafayette area to note that the Red Cross is no longer on Union Street by the Laundromat. It is now located on Elmood Avenue in Market Square shopping center. They have this new procedure at the blood bank.
My Type O brethren need to get in on this action, 'cause it is good for everyone.
I went to donate blood with my lovely girlfriend Sara this afternoon. It is important for those in the greater Lafayette area to note that the Red Cross is no longer on Union Street by the Laundromat. It is now located on Elmood Avenue in Market Square shopping center. They have this new procedure at the blood bank.
Double Red Cell Donation: This procedure involves drawing the blood
into an apheresis
instrument which separates the blood into different portions by
centrifugation. Two units of red blood cells are collected
instead of one, while the plasma, platelets, along with enough saline
solution to restore the volume of red cells lost is returned to the donor
via the same vein.
My Type O brethren need to get in on this action, 'cause it is good for everyone.
Donors end up making one trip to the blood bank instead of two. The
donation itself is almost twice as useful. The $50 to $60 spent
doing viral safety testing on the blood sample is only done once. The
two units from the donation are kept together in storage
since most patients who need the cells get at least two units anyway.
Patients benefit by being exposed to a lower number of donors. It's a
big advantage to the patient, the Blood Bank, and the donor.