Saturday, December 18, 2010

BLOOD FOR HUMANITY

a.Blood Components.
a.Blood Types & Availability
b.Blood Types Compatibility

Human Blood

•HUMAN BODY has about 12 BOTTLES BLOOD
•Person’s Weight: 80Kg x 7% x 2.2 = 12.32 pint
•1 pint = 470 Ml i.e. 1 pound
•Age 17 to …?…… Guess what years old can donate?
•One bottle of blood is donated at one time.
•Can donate every 56 days, i.e. roughly 2 months.
•To be on safe side make it once every 3 months

Blood Components

•Body starts destroying old cells after 4 months and eliminates them through urine.
•If you donate blood then it starts generating new blood cells immediately.
•Blood consists of:
•Red Blood Cells (RBC’s) White Blood Cells (WBC’s) and Platelets. They float in a substance called Plasma.

•RBC’s: Red Blood Cells.
•Formed in Bone Marrow.
•Carry Oxygen to body parts.
•Remove Carbon Di-oxide.
•After processing refrigerated for 42 days.
•Needed for: Accident victims, Surgery Patients
•Patients with blood disorders & anemic.
(Shortage of blood in the body.)

•White Blood Cells (WBC’s)
•Immune system of the body. Defence against infections.
•Formed in Bone Marrow.
•Short life cycle from few days to few weeks.
•One drop of blood can have 7,000 to 25,000.
•During an infection the number would increase significantly.

•Platelets: Tiny cells formed in Bone Marrow.
•They control bleeding by helping blood to clot.
•Body replaces Platelets in 72 hours of donation.
•Cancer and Leukemia patients need them, because chemotherapy destroys own supply of platelets.
•Stored at room temperature up to 5 days.
•Plasma is the liquid part of the blood.
•It is 92% water, 7% proteins, 1% minerals.
•Essential in Blood Clotting process.
•Patients with heavy bleeding and burn victims need it.
•Can be frozen up to ONE year.
Blood Group Occurrence

•Blood type and how many people have it?
•O+ 40%
•O- 7%
•A+ 34%
•A- 6%
•B+ 8%
•B- 1%
•AB+ 3%
•AB- 1%

WHO CAN RECEIVE WHICH BLOOD?

O- O+ B- B+ A- A+ AB- AB+
AB+ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
AB- Yes Yes Yes Yes
A+ Yes Yes Yes Yes
A- Yes Yes
B+ Yes Yes Yes Yes
B- Yes Yes
O+ Yes Yes
O- Yes

•Human blood is the replacement of the Blood.
•Body re-generates blood in 56 days.
•Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells and Platelets are its components, which float is Plasma.
•AB+ person can receive any type of blood.
•B- and O- are rare and fount in 1% people only.

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