Member Advice on Blood Donation

How To Save A Life! For a couple of days now I have been struggling to find something to review, I didn’t really want to do another Top 10... review, and I really didn’t want to go back to my comfort zone and do another music review. Today (Monday) as always I have a day off from college and I usually spend the day catching up with my homework or doing what most teenagers enjoy doing most, absolutely nothing. Today however, I had to wake up early ...
...to the car and go to the next village and do something amazing, I gave blood. This is my third time giving blood now, as soon as I turned 17 back in July of last year I immediately knew that I wanted to give blood now that I was eligible. A lot of my mates won’t set foot near the centre because they think even driving me to the centre means they are in danger of the needles or the blood or something like that, but I do know a lot of friends who have ...

DixieChick10 30.03.2009 · Read full review
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...sign a consent form. The member of staff will also ask if you have any concerns about donating and they are only too happy to answer queries. Using a normal blood test needle, they will take a tiny drop of blood from the middle finger on your writing hand. This allows them to check your haemoglobin levels and make sure that donating wont make you anaemic. This is the part I hate the most as it always hurts more than the actual donation, but maybe ...
...back to the waiting area and take a seat until it's your time to donate. When it's your turn, you will be asked which arm you would rather donate from and then be taken to a suitable donation bed. A device similar to that for measuring blood pressure is wrapped around your donation arm while the nurse tries to find an appropriate vein. Your arm is then cleaned thoroughly with a sterile wand and then it's onto the gory bit. The nurse inserts a sterile ...

groovyem100 11.05.2008 · Read full review
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+ Why I started Giving Blood + I had never really considered giving blood until I was in my thirties, despite the fact that members of my family had done so. Then someone close to me, who had been a blood donor, became ill and could no longer give blood. It was at this point that I started to give blood, to take his place. + The First Time + I started giving blood in 2004. I found out that there was a blood donor session at my local leisure centre ...
...you give blood you are asked to complete a form with your details and questions about your health and lifestyle. You will then be asked to read a folder containing information sheets about the procedure and reminding you of medical eligibility. Once you have donated the first time you will receive, through the post, a blood donor card with your blood type on. You receive new cards as you donate more blood. + Subsequent Times + Blood donation has ...

ciaomeister1 13.05.2006 (09.10.2008) · Read full review
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Today I saved a life. Maybe even two or three! I did this by donating blood. Blood donation is something I have always been very aware of. Both my parents and my Grandparents had always donated blood when they were able to and I remember going to the sessions with my dad when I was younger and the nurse would let me have a squidge of the bag of blood! Perhaps this is why I have absolutely no issues with blood or needles! To donate blood you need ...
...not pregnant. There are many other factors that can effect your eligibility to give blood, such as tattoos, piercings, medications, if you have been abroad etc. However it is important to note that these do not necessarily rule you out, the nurse will decide whether you are eligible or not when taking all factors into account. I signed up to be a blood donor as soon as I turned 17 but due to long term illness and various medications I was not able ...

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...enter to see a staff member offering folders with information in and she will ask for your letter. As a newbie to ‘blood letting’ you will need to fill out a form and take a number. She will point you to a line of chairs and you are to wait until your number is called. Fill out the form and when called you will speak to another member who will take you through all of those questions and register you. If everything is okay and you can donate you ...
...again. When called this time you are called by your name. You go and have a chat with a nurse and they will ask you a whole bunch of questions again and ask you to sign and date the form. They then take a blood sample from your finger. They prick your finger and then squeeze a drop of blood for testing and drop it into some liquid. If it sinks you are okay. You then have to go to the main area for being called. This is where you will see many blue ...

jennybosson 11.10.2004 (13.10.2004) · Read full review
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...called over by a staff member who will have a plastic basket on hand containing the blood bag and labels with your donor number on. (These go onto the bag - presumably for identification purposes.) Most people donate from their non-writing arm but I am one of the few who doesn't - having been starved of oxygen after birth, I have limited use of my left arm and although I can move my fingers as required during donation, I can't get my arm to lie flat. ...
...have and a special curved bit on one side of the bed to rest your arm in. At various points you have to confirm your name, date of birth and the first line of your address - this gets repetitive but the staff need to check that they've got the right person. Until a year or so ago, after the pressure cuff is wrapped around your upper arm (long close-fitting sleeved tops are awkward - I personally try to wear a T-shirt as the cuff is about five inches ...

KateHurst 26.05.2009 · Read full review
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...C or if any family member has had CJD. You also should avoid giving blood if you're not been feeling well, have recently had or are awaiting surgery or dental surgery or are taking or recently finished taking antibiotics. Non-health related factors can also affect your eligibility as well. Male homosexuals may not donate, nor may people who have ever worked as a prostitute, injected themselves with drugs or have had a tattoo or piercing in the last ...
...blood if you're pregnant, or if your baby is less than nine months old and there are also weight and age limits, so if you're a sixteen year old size zero fashion model, you're going to have your pick of reasons why you can't give blood. Even removing all these people from the numbers, there would still be a lot of people who would be able to give blood. Generally speaking, if you're over seventeen and under sixty and in pretty good health, you ...

Soho_Black 25.02.2007 · Read full review
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...all faint just let a member of staff know immediately, they are fully trained to deal with such situations. UNCOMMON RISKS- some people may experience allergic reactions from the anaesthetic, although this is very rare. If you feel this may affect you just tell the staff! If you become unwell or develop an illness after giving blood then you can call the DONOR CARE LINE on 0845 30 17 2 70 --------------- ABOUT 2 OR 3 WEEKS AFTER --------------- ...

Wee_lis27 30.04.2007 · Read full review
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...If you or a member of your family needed blood in an emergency and they asked you? what would you say? Blood allocation is classified and goes to the person who needs it no matter what class or colour or creed they are. Please help them, they need people to volunteer. WWW.Blood.co.uk Karen :0) ...

BUBBLES171 26.01.2004 · Read full review
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...the NHS - A close family member has had CJD - You have ever received human pituitary extract In addition, you may not be able to give blood if: - You have had serious illness or major surgery in the past - You are currently on medication - You have had complex dental work (fillings are fine the same day; extractions after 24 hours) - You have been in contact with an infectious disease in the last 4 weeks - You have been immunised in the last ...
...If you are still unsure about whether you are able to give blood, then a medical query form is available online at www.bloodnet.nbs.nhs.uk - alternatively, you can phone the donor helpline on 0845 7711711 or speak to clinical staff at a donor session. ● What happens when you give blood When you go to give blood, the staff will need to take your details and ask you a number of questions, although this does not take long to get through – ...

Collingwood21 09.09.2001 · Read full review
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...was not because a family member or friend received blood, I did it because I wanted to. I had though about it for a long while but it still took me years to walk into the donor centre for the first time. But there was something that actually made me get off my backside and do the first step, it was shortly after the IRA bomb explosion in Omagh. For me that was as good a time as any and I've been donating regularly ever since. Updating my details ...
...first things I did when I moved house. *** Blood Donor Online *** Only very recently did the National Blood Services introduce a new section to their website. If you are registered you can now log onto the website, change some of your personal details like address and phone numbers. You can also see when you last donated, they even have a history of your donations going back many years. It's still new and there are a few hoops to jump through for ...

Tempus_Fugit 20.12.2006 · Read full review
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I am going to try and not cover much of the ground that other members have in the writing of this review. The reason I decided to write this is to try and get other people that, like me, are absolutely petrified of needles, injections and all things related but would still be physically able to do it, to try and change their minds and persuade them to give donating blood a go. I have hated things like injections all my life. I nearly fainted when ...
...but that's just me and just an example to give you a bit of an idea of how bad my phobia (for want of a better word) is and what a big deal it is for me to now be a blood donor. My Dad has been a donor for as long as I can remember. My Mum has been in and out of hospital on several occasions and needed blood on some of these stays. Giving blood is something I have thought about for a very long time but never had the courage to do. Until recently. ...

JeeanA 26.09.2005 · Read full review
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Giving blood is one of those things I've always championed, always said 'Yep, I'll give blood, course I will' , always thought about making an appointment, but never actually done it. Promising you'll do it tomorrow is no good unless you actually do it. I'll shamefully admit I've been on the register for years and just never got round to it. A couple of weeks ago The National Blood Service sent me an invitation to a donor session along with a questionnaire ...
...give blood. I filled in the Health Questionnaire.......and then went on holiday so it was forgotten about for another fortnight. When I got back I took the bull by the horns and I actually went to the Blood Donor centre to give blood! You never know, I might get round to making that Doctors appointment next! Why is it needed? Blood is needed for transfusions, in the case of operations, giving birth and accidents. It is also separated into it's ...

Joscyn 22.02.2007 · Read full review
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...who was our local European member of parliament for labour. What he uncovered was devasting we were told that he had been cremated over there, he wasn't he was actually buried, and then I was told about his cause of death. Placental abruption there are a few forms of this where the placenta just disintegrates over a long length of time or it can be just instant or disintegrates over a short period of time. No matter which way there is only a small ...
...weeks and every one was relived even me, then at 28 weeks my husband just left and I thought, oh need the loo as I got to the loo, it was like a bubble bursting and blood every where but was in no real pain like last time, so I calmly came downstairs rang him, he dropped the kids off and went to our local hospital. Once we got there they admitted and was sent for a scan and heard the words " i am sorry" our second son had also died but he was 28 ...

mazzybaby35 07.06.2005 · Read full review
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A long family history of illness made me realise that blood donation was a really easy way to help the people I love and give others a fighting chance to live as much life as they could. I dream of being a doctor so I realise the ever increasing advances within the medical world, mean ever more operations and serious surgery and therefore the need for blood. I used the website www.blood.co.uk, to find my nearest session and become a registered ...
...helped and felt thoroughly ashamed for all those who don't give blood. A couple of weeks later I recieved a letter notifying me of the next blood donation at my nearest centre. Also attached to the letter was a form to fill out which asked many questions from sexual history to travelling outside the UK in the last twelve months, unfortunately I forgot to take my form on the day. I arrived on the day and was greeted by two elderly women, who asked ...

Bitter-Sweet 14.10.2004 · Read full review
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