What do you know about blood?
Do you know your blood group?
Human blood can be divided in to 8 main blood groups
(there are hundreds of minor blood group within us!)
A Rh positive ( in day to day we call this as A Positive or A +)
A Rh negative
B Rh Positive
B Rh Negative
O Rh Positive
O Rh Negative
AB rh Positive
AB rh Negative
In Sri Lanka the commonest Blood group is O rh Positive around 40% (and all the positive groups are commoner than negative groups!) & rarest is AB Rh negative.(if you are a AB neg:you are so precious!
)
do you know that one blood pint ( pack ) you are donating may save life of 3 or 4 patients?
once you gave blood, the pack will be processed in a lab & it will be separated to many things
Human blood contain many components
1. red blood cells ( Rathu Rudhiraanu- which gives the red colour to blood) -this is the part we are giving to patients who are having low hemoglobin levels - or simply " le adu leddunta" Eg: continuously bleeding people eg; injured soldiers during war, kidney disease patients, Cancer patients
2. platelets ( rudhira pattika- which help to stop bleeding from a cut wound) - this become low in dengue, leptospirosis( rat fever) cancer patients etc
3. watery part of the blood called plasma - this can be separated to Cryo and a fluid without cryo (cryo poor plasma)
*patients like hemophelia will need cryo which contains proteins needed to stop bleeding from cut wounds- like platelet
*the whole watery part -plasma- or cryo poor plasma contains high protein amount. these are given to patients with low protein or who need high proteins eg; cirrhosis patients, burn patients,
4. white blood cells (- sudu rudhiraanu-buffy coat)- now a days not commonly used specially use for some blood cancer patients
Once your donated blood pack received to lab it will be tested for HIV/ AIDS, Hepatitis B and C ( in sinhala sengamaalaya- some used to say as "Kaha Una" as well - but real yellow fever is something different from this), Syphillis ( a sexually transmitted disease) and Malaria in sri lanka.
Also the pack will be seperated to Red Blood Cells, Paltelet, Cryo, & Cryo poor plasma and if we do not separate cryo part from the plasma it is called as fresh frozen plasma.(and if we need the white blood cells part).
These are then stored in different temperature in different conditions till those are expired
eg: red blood cells at Celsius 4 (for 35 to 45 days)
platelets at Celsius 22-24 in constant agitation for 5 days
cryo or fresh frozen plasma at Celsius MINUS 60 for a 1 to 2 yrs
Cryo poor plasma at Celsius MINUS 30 to 60 for 1 to 2 yrs
White blood cells at Celsius 22-24 for one day
So depending on the patients need those above items give and from one donation you can save life of at least 4
for whole these process the government spent from about Rs 5000 to 25000 per blood pack depending on various steps!
Yet do you know some people are depend essentially & completely on the blood your donating to live their lives! IF you do not donate blood they will die!
Eg: Thalassaemia patients need blood every monthly like you all need water for your survival!
Some Kidney patients need blood regularly like you all nee food for your survival
Cancer patients, Dengue patient if they did not receive platelets at right time they definitely die!
So please donate blood if you fulfill bellow facts
Have you ever donate blood?
Its simple & never does a harm to you if you fulfill basic criteria!
Basic criteria to donate blood in Sri Lanka are
Age 18 yrs completed & less than 60 yrs
body weight more than 50 kgs
the last Blood donation is more than(or equal to) 4 months ago!
Should be healthy!( not having any illness at the time of donation)
In addition to these should not be on any medication(paracitamol & few more drugs are exempted)
(there are few more criteria as well - i will list them later if you all interested - all these criteria are there to secure the safety of the blood donor & safety of the recipient!)
what you have to do if you want to donate?
if you fulfill above basics, then either you can go to the closest hospital blood bank ( major hospitals have blood banks which collect blood) or simply you can visit to a blood donation camps- these camps are held in your community & the date , venue & time will be published in prior!
from bellow link you can find the closest blood bank to you in SL
http://www.bloodbanklk.com/hbbb.html
if you are >18yrs &>50kg you will be given a form to fill, in which you have to give true information about you and then the doctor will examine you. then your hemoglobin(Hb) level will be checked by a nurse or PHI and if your Hb level is >12 g/dl you will be given an empty blood pack. then a nurse will prick you and within 5 to 10 mins the blood from you collected and everything will be finished!
Its simple as that!
So if you are a genuine human Please donate blood in every 4 months
It is scientifically proven that the people who donate blood regularly (in every 4 to 6 months), have a 60% reduction in heart diseases ( like High blood pressure, heart attacks etc)
If you want to know more about blood pl reps
Do you know your blood group?
Human blood can be divided in to 8 main blood groups
(there are hundreds of minor blood group within us!)
A Rh positive ( in day to day we call this as A Positive or A +)
A Rh negative
B Rh Positive
B Rh Negative
O Rh Positive
O Rh Negative
AB rh Positive
AB rh Negative
In Sri Lanka the commonest Blood group is O rh Positive around 40% (and all the positive groups are commoner than negative groups!) & rarest is AB Rh negative.(if you are a AB neg:you are so precious!
)do you know that one blood pint ( pack ) you are donating may save life of 3 or 4 patients?
once you gave blood, the pack will be processed in a lab & it will be separated to many things
Human blood contain many components
1. red blood cells ( Rathu Rudhiraanu- which gives the red colour to blood) -this is the part we are giving to patients who are having low hemoglobin levels - or simply " le adu leddunta" Eg: continuously bleeding people eg; injured soldiers during war, kidney disease patients, Cancer patients
2. platelets ( rudhira pattika- which help to stop bleeding from a cut wound) - this become low in dengue, leptospirosis( rat fever) cancer patients etc
3. watery part of the blood called plasma - this can be separated to Cryo and a fluid without cryo (cryo poor plasma)
*patients like hemophelia will need cryo which contains proteins needed to stop bleeding from cut wounds- like platelet
*the whole watery part -plasma- or cryo poor plasma contains high protein amount. these are given to patients with low protein or who need high proteins eg; cirrhosis patients, burn patients,
4. white blood cells (- sudu rudhiraanu-buffy coat)- now a days not commonly used specially use for some blood cancer patients
Once your donated blood pack received to lab it will be tested for HIV/ AIDS, Hepatitis B and C ( in sinhala sengamaalaya- some used to say as "Kaha Una" as well - but real yellow fever is something different from this), Syphillis ( a sexually transmitted disease) and Malaria in sri lanka.
Also the pack will be seperated to Red Blood Cells, Paltelet, Cryo, & Cryo poor plasma and if we do not separate cryo part from the plasma it is called as fresh frozen plasma.(and if we need the white blood cells part).
These are then stored in different temperature in different conditions till those are expired
eg: red blood cells at Celsius 4 (for 35 to 45 days)
platelets at Celsius 22-24 in constant agitation for 5 days
cryo or fresh frozen plasma at Celsius MINUS 60 for a 1 to 2 yrs
Cryo poor plasma at Celsius MINUS 30 to 60 for 1 to 2 yrs
White blood cells at Celsius 22-24 for one day
So depending on the patients need those above items give and from one donation you can save life of at least 4
for whole these process the government spent from about Rs 5000 to 25000 per blood pack depending on various steps!
Yet do you know some people are depend essentially & completely on the blood your donating to live their lives! IF you do not donate blood they will die!
Eg: Thalassaemia patients need blood every monthly like you all need water for your survival!
Some Kidney patients need blood regularly like you all nee food for your survival
Cancer patients, Dengue patient if they did not receive platelets at right time they definitely die!
So please donate blood if you fulfill bellow facts
Have you ever donate blood?
Its simple & never does a harm to you if you fulfill basic criteria!
Basic criteria to donate blood in Sri Lanka are
Age 18 yrs completed & less than 60 yrs
body weight more than 50 kgs
the last Blood donation is more than(or equal to) 4 months ago!
Should be healthy!( not having any illness at the time of donation)
In addition to these should not be on any medication(paracitamol & few more drugs are exempted)
(there are few more criteria as well - i will list them later if you all interested - all these criteria are there to secure the safety of the blood donor & safety of the recipient!)
what you have to do if you want to donate?
if you fulfill above basics, then either you can go to the closest hospital blood bank ( major hospitals have blood banks which collect blood) or simply you can visit to a blood donation camps- these camps are held in your community & the date , venue & time will be published in prior!
from bellow link you can find the closest blood bank to you in SL
http://www.bloodbanklk.com/hbbb.html
if you are >18yrs &>50kg you will be given a form to fill, in which you have to give true information about you and then the doctor will examine you. then your hemoglobin(Hb) level will be checked by a nurse or PHI and if your Hb level is >12 g/dl you will be given an empty blood pack. then a nurse will prick you and within 5 to 10 mins the blood from you collected and everything will be finished!
Its simple as that!
So if you are a genuine human Please donate blood in every 4 months
It is scientifically proven that the people who donate blood regularly (in every 4 to 6 months), have a 60% reduction in heart diseases ( like High blood pressure, heart attacks etc)
If you want to know more about blood pl reps
