Blood donations needed for saving lives
Blood donations are needed immediately to sustain the supply in our local hospitals. Florida’s Blood Centers (FBC), the local blood bank, is asking for donations for all blood types. Each donation will likely be transfused into a patient within 48 hours. Donors will literally being saving lives.
All O and A blood types are especially needed! Donors are asked to give at any Florida’s Blood Centers location as soon as possible. Giving blood is simple and takes under an hour. Donors receive a mini-physical, including a diabetes screening, cholesterol reading and blood pressure.
Donors at center locations will receive a $10 restaurant card as a thank you gift.
The public is encouraged to call 1-888-9DONATE for center locations to make a donation. Check out eligibility questions on our web site at www.floridasbloodcenters.org
We need any person who has ever considered giving blood to please contact Florida’s Blood Centers. Cancer patients are in daily need of treatment, burn victims use plasma, trauma victims need red blood transfusions, and routine surgeries depend on the gift of a volunteer donor. Donors can be as young as 16 and should weigh at least 102 pounds. There is no upper age limit.
n Florida’s Blood Centers currently needs all blood types, especially Type O Negative and A Negative.
nFlorida’s Blood Centers currently has a 2-day supply of blood.
nEvery donation is separated into components in our region and will be transfused into a patient usually within 2 to 3 days.
n Just one donation can save multiple lives, because it’s separated into components- Red Blood Cells, Plasma and Platelets, Clotting Factors and a host of pharmaceuticals.
n Every three seconds someone is in need of a blood transfusion.
nPlatelet donations are also being encouraged. Donors should ask about moving into this stage of donating in which platelet donations will impact patients within 5 days.