Chapter 3 Transportation

Every day blood is needed to save lives. Blood is reqiured for

surgery, accident victims or to treat patient with leukaemia,
haemophilia and other illnesses.

Group members :
1. Lim Phin Han (19)
2. Looi Hui Xin (22)
3. Sam Wai Yue (29)
4. Yip Jie Yi (39)
 Blood donation
• A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions
Types of blood donation
• There are other components in the blood that can be donated:
1. Whole blood donors
- Blood contains the following components:
a) red blood cell
b) white blood cell
c) Platelet 血小板
d) Plasma
- Blood is needed for surgical 外科 cases . The volume of blood normally donated is 450ml which
is less than 1 blood pain (568ml). The amount of blood taken is based on weight.
- The time taken to donate blood is between 7 to 10 minutes but you are advised to be in the
donation area for approximately 1 hour. The red blood donated takes 4 to 8 weeks to be
replaced while the plasma is 24 hours.
2. Aferesis donation
- Blood donation is plasma or platelet or both, where unnecessary blood components are returned
to the donor body.
 2. Despite 尽管 medical
1. One blood donation
and technological advances,
provides different blood
blood cannot be made, so
components that can help
donations are the only way
up to three different
we can give blood to those
people.
who need it.

3. Nearly 21 million Importance 4. Only 37 percent of

blood components are of blood the country’s
transfused in the U.S. donation population is able to
every year. donate blood.

5. Your friends or
family may need your
blood someday.
 1. Healthy body

2. i) Between 18-60 years

old to donate. 3. Weight up to 45kg
ii) 17 years old (need to
get written permission from
parents / guardians). 4. Sleep minimum 5 hours

9. Does not contain come 5. No health problems

menstruating, breastfeed. Criteria
to be 6. Have taken food before
blood donating blood
8. Last donation 3 months ago donor

7. Not involved in any high-risk activities as follows:

a) Relationship between sexes (homosexuality)
b) Local relationships with both sexes (bisexual)
c) Relationship with commercial sex workers.
d) Exchange sex partners.
e) Drug injection.
f) Become a couple of type relationships to the above class.
 Advantages of blood donation

1. Reduces iron levels

• However, too much iron can be harmful to a person's health. It can deposit into different
organs of the body, such as the liver and heart, and affect the way those organs function.

2. Identifies adverse 不利 health effects

• Each person who donates blood completes a simply physical examination and short blood
test before giving blood.
• As a result, it is possible that a person could identify unknown health concerns as a part of
the blood donation process.
• A person should never use donating blood to find out if they have any blood-borne diseases,
such as hepatitis 肝炎 B, hepatitis C, or HIV.
• Although low blood counts would stop a person from donating, discovering this information
could help them pursue more information about their health.

3. Burns calories

• While giving blood should not be an alternative 替代 to exercise, the calories burned might
be seen as of occasional benefit by some.
• In the right person, blood donation offers many health benefits with few risks. Blood banks
usually take every precaution possible to help a blood donor give their blood safely.
 Disadvantages of blood donation

• A person can experience some side effects, as a result of donating blood. These include:
- Dizziness 头晕
- feeling faint
- lightheadedness
- Nausea 反胃
• These symptoms will usually go away within 3 days of giving blood.
• If a person‘s iron levels seem to be too low after a blood donation, they can increase their intake
of iron-filled foods .
Each product or component of
this blood has different Methods of handling and storing the
storage and use methods.
Among them: donated blood
- The blood has been passed through the
screening test and has been processed to red
blood cells, platelets and plasma will be
stored according to blood type, ABO blood
group and expiration date respectively.

- Red blood cells need to be kept at 2oC -

6oC and can last for 35 days.

- Plasma should be stored at -30oC and

can last for 2 years.

- Platelets need to be stored at 20oC - 24oC

and should always be agitated. Platelet life is
only 5 days from the date of donation.
 The End
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