Blood+Donations+Facts



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Blood Donation Facts: ======

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1. Did you know that one pint of blood can save three lives? ======

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 2.two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. ======

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 3. Did you know that out of everyone receiving blood transfusions 53% are women and only 47% are men! ======

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4.White Cells block against cut and infections. ======

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 5.Blood is a liquid that circulates throughout the body, carrying oxygen and nutrients to every cell, and carrying away waste products. ======

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 Did you know that blood is produced in bone marrow. ======

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 //6. 25,000,000,000 X Your weight in kg (1 Kilogram=2.2 Pounds) = The number of Red Blood Cells you produce in a day.// ======

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 //1,000,000,000 X Yout weight in kg (1 Kilogram=2.2 Pounds) = The number of White Blood Cells you produce in a day.// ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> //2,000,000,000 X Your weight in kg (1 Kilogram=2.2 Pounds) = The number of Blood Platelets you produce in a day.// ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 7. Blood is a jellylike substance outside the bones. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 8. Blood plays a central role in the body's defense against intruders. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 9. About one and seven people entering a hospital need blood. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 10. Plasma, which is 90% water, makes up 55% of blood volume. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> 11. Plasma looks like yellow liquid. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> In Korea Blood Drive is called12 'Heonhyeol'. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;">12.According to National Institute of Health, when a 40 years old man donates blood, his probility to get heart dieases will go down 86%. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 13. Here is a really [|cool website] that I found, it has a lot of different kinds of blood cells. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 14. This is a website with numerous facts about, blood diseases, types of blood and numerical facts. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> http://www.givelife2.org/sponsor/quickfacts.asp ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 15. This is another great website. It has facts about donating blood and lots more. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 16. Although blood is made of the same basic elements, not all blood is alike. In fact, there are 8 common red blood cell types, which are determined by the presence or absence of certain<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> antigens. Since some antigens can trigger a patient's immune system to attack the transfused blood cells, safe therapy with blood depends on careful blood typing and cross-matching. [|Learn more about blood types]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 19. This is a good website to go on to for more facts about blood. [] ======

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 * ======<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2 Seconds ** - is how often someone in America needs blood ======
 * ======<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**6 Times** - is how often you can donate blood in a year ======
 * ======<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;">**<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">3 ** - is how many lives one blood donation can help save ======
 * ======<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Less than 30%** - is how many times first time blood donors will ever give blood again ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> This is a another very cool website with 56 blood donating facts: http://www.bloodcenters.org/aboutblood/bloodfacts.htm ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 21. This is a link for some reallly fun games about blood! ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> 22. Did you know that blood contains dissolved proteins, glucose, mineral ions, hormones, carbon dioxide, (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation), platelets, and blood cells? ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(240, 25, 25);"> ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"> <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">23. Here's [|a cool game about blood typing]<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">. It takes a while to figure out, so don't go if you just have a couple of minutes! Also, it's a little gross, so consider yourself warned. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 130%; text-align: left; display: block;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"> 24. The <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[|Red Cross] <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"> has a website with many facts.<span style="color: rgb(205, 14, 14);">Go to this link it is really interesting. []   ======