Ny Blood center (Blood drive)
October 6,2009
The goal of this workshop was to hold a blood drive and donate blood to those in need of it. I had been to a blood drive prior to this in high school and donated blood. I had a donation blood card from the New york blood center and since i had a donor number i decided to donate blood once again. This blood drive would also fulfill my Global-community awareness workshop. I also attended because by donating blood i feel like i am in a small way helping others who are in need. The blood drive was held on the first floor and it was pretty similar to the one held at my high school.
I filled out a questionnaire which asked different things regarding my lifestyle and my personal health. Than one of the nurses there checked my blood to see if i was anemic. They than guided me to a chair where they withdrew blood into 4 tubes for testing and than a pint into a plastic bag. The process took about 10 minutes.
wow, i didn’t know they tested for anemia! :O
i don’t know how you can donate blood… maybe it”s cause i have none to spare ! i feel my yearly checkups take a lot and it’s only one tube 🙁