Surprising Facts About Blood Donation
There's a lot about this business you don't know.
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As someone who has received multiple blood and platelet transfusions, thank you to everyone who donates!
That man with rare blood is so amazing. He doesn’t have to do that but he does. What a sweet soul.
I am so thankful to the people who donate blood, it’s such a simple thing to do but it saves people’s lives. I was diagnosed with Leukemia a year ago and have gone through countless bags of blood, I’m now in remission and pretty much all good, but if it wasn’t for the people who donated all that blood I would have been dead 12 months ago. If you’re scared of needles, please don’t use that as a reason not to donate, the people needing blood are scared of losing their lives, it wont take you long and you will feel good for helping others.
That’s terrible 🙁 I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I’ll be turning 16 in less than two weeks and then I will be eligible to donate blood!
Wait what!? Dont you have to turn 20 to donate blood?
I donated my blood and two weeks later I was in a car accident.. I saved my own life
How does it make the situation better?
yolowolf9922 Are you okay?
yolowolf9922 Oops just realized this was 2 years ago
Wow you just reserve your blood in case of emergency… Genius!!!
+yolowolf9922 autologous donation… 🙂
Proud to be a donor. Spread the love, spread the life.
that guy saved so many babies 0.0
GIVE HIM A PRIZE
+Dragonitelova GIVE HIM AN AWARD
HE WAS NOMINATED AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR
He has been nominated Australian of The Year and has also received Medal of the Order of Australia.
If you get money it’s not even a donation anymore.. it’s like selling your blood
James Harrison just blew my mind. Wow. What an achievement!
I have a rare blood type (AB-).I was really young when I found out and I thought that it made me special. In fact, I use to dream that everyone with AB- blood type had dormant powers. Well, no superhuman powers emerged but my blood can still save lives.
A couple weeks ago, I donated blood at my high school (even though i dread the sight of my own veins) for two reasons: I heard there was a blood shortage and wanted to help, and my (gay) cousin wasn’t allowed to and he wanted me to donate in honor of him. Well afterwards, I sat down to eat a snack and I passed out and woke up to find doctors laying me down on a bed. Apparently, I was shaking and freaking out before I woke up. It was pretty crazy… and then i had to go to math class. 😛
Somewhere, my blood is circulating in someone else’s body. That’s really weird to think about.
That makes you blood brothers/sisters or yeah
@Lexi Chan we all one blood
That Man is an unsung hero!!
Dude please use simple english…
One man has saved over 2 million babies and much more in the long run. Amazing
I’ve been giving my blood 4 times a year ever since I turned 18, and I intend on doing so for as long as I can, for many reasons, but mostly because it’s fun to make people believe that I’m an heroin addict ^^
Hi. I do not like needles and stuff like that.
Is blood donation painful? I intend on doing it but I have fear hitting me at the back of my head. .-.
I won’t lie to you, it stings a little bit, but if the nurse is good, you shouldn’t feel any real pain, and otherwise not it’s completely painless, I just tend to faint if I stand up too fast, but the nurses won’t let you go until you’ve had a real meal, and also don’t forget to drink a lot of water, and only go if you feel good and healthy, but if you can, my advise is go, even once, you’ll feel really good afterwards, and you can freak people out with the needle mark, but that’s just cherry on the cake ^^ But if you’re scared or anything, do it with some friends, or your family, don’t go alone, make it fun ! 🙂
Okay thank you, I got blood type O, is that good for donating? or average/ common.
if it’s O+ it’s most commun, so most likely to be used, if it’s O- it’s one of the rarest, but also universal doner, so it’s imperative that you give it because, whilst you don’t need all of it, it’s what surgeons, and doctors use on all the john and jane doe whose blood type we don’t have time to check :), in any case, no matter what your blood type is, it’s always useful to give, because it really does make a difference it really can save someone, so go for it, and motivate as many people as you can 🙂
Okay, thanks!…
Also I have free choice to not look at the needle right?
I’m almost 19 and a half and I’ve been donating ever since I turned 16. I don’t care if it gets thrown away. I just like the thought of it actually helping
Jorge Mayo So your not doing it to help you just enjoy the personal gratification?
@Sisonx Xueidb If he worried too much about it potentially getting thrown away, it could easily demotivate him to donate. I’m a regular donor and won’t pretend I do enjoy the feeling of actually saving someone’s life. It’s a good feeling, donating blood is by far the most useful thing I do. So what that it makes me happy and proud of myself.
I just had a blood transfusion last weekend. THANK YOU to those that donate!!!
I wonder what it feels like to save 2 million lives
Super Man. 🙂
Kaprichi feels like nothing because no one knows how many lives were saved, neither how many bags of blood were tossed
*nothing really. You even wont get famous bec of that.
Not much I assume
Jesus saves all those who repent from their sins and come to him ??
My little sister was in a minivan that was T-boned by a drunk driver going twice the speed limit. She had massive trauma to her head and torso. She was 11. She was given 7-8 units of blood and survived. She’s 16 now and fully recovered. If it weren’t for the small scars on her side, you’d never know anything even happened. My family will forever be indebted to blood donors everywhere!! :o)
I wonder what it’s like to be that guy with the rare blood knowing that it saves lives…
I’m a med lab tech in a hospital and blood bank is my least favourite area to work in. I know how important it is but it can be stressful in some situations like a massive hemorrhage protocol or people with antibodies with critical low hemoglobin. Of course it seems this always happens late in the evening or the middle of the night!
If it weren’t for blood donations, I would be dead. I’ve had 5 blood transfusions and I’m very grateful for all the people who donate their blood to help people like me