donating blood

Question 1

Philanthropy

Answer 1

“giving time, talent, or treasure for the sake of another.” (give without receiving)

Question 2

blood transfusion

Answer 2

A way of adding blood to your body after an illness or injury. If your body is missing one or more of the components that make up healthy blood, a transfusion can help supply what your body is missing

Question 3

Uses of blood components:

Answer 3

Is made up of several different parts including red and white blood cells, plasma and platelets. Whole blood is blood that has all of them. It’s more likely you need blood for a specific component

Question 4

Red Blood cells

Answer 4

carry oxygen to the organs and tissues and remove carbon dioxide through the lungs. It is used during emergencies, surgeries and cancer treatments

Question 5

White blood cells

Answer 5

protect the body from infection. They can also carry viruses and bacteria and, for this reason, are removed from any donated blood

Question 6

Platelets

Answer 6

provide the basis for clotting, which helps control bleeding. It is used to treat patients with bleeding disorders and cancer

Question 7

Why would someone need blood?

Answer 7

• Major surgery or a serious injury
• Bleeding in your digestive tract from an ulcer or other condition
• You have an illness like leukemia, or kidney disease that causes anemia
• You’ve received cancer treatment like radiation or chemotherapy
• You have a blood disorder or severe liver problèmes

Question 8

Patients who receive blood:

Answer 8

30 percent cancer patient
15 percent bowel and stomach
15 percent heart patients
12 percent burn victims
12 percent accident victims
6 percent liver and kidney
5 percent babies and pregnant women

Question 9

How many canadians give blood?

Answer 9

1 in 60 canadians gave blood last year

Question 10

life cycle of blood

Answer 10

Your body automatically replaces all the blood you donate, your plasma is replaced within hours, platelets within days and red blood cells in about 56 days

Question 11

How much blood do you donate

Answer 11

Each time you donate about 450ml (a pint)

Question 12

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 12

In sickle cell anemia, some red blood cells are shaped like sickles or crescent moons. These sickle cells also become rigid and sticky, which can slow or block blood flow.

Question 13

What causes sickle cell anemia

Answer 13

It’s caused by genetic changes (mutations) that lead to abnormal red blood cells and anemia

Sickle cell disease is not contagious, it is inherited by two sickle cell genes, one from each parent. People can inherit a sickle cell gene from one parent and a different abnormal hemoglobin gene from the other parent