This past Tuesday was another NHS sponsored blood drive! It was run by the American Red Cross and we had another great turn out from people.
If you are not familiar with blood drives, a blood drive consists of four steps: Registration, Health History, Donation, and Refreshments.
Registration: First, you will complete the donor registration sheet. On the sheet you will fill information out like, name, address, phone number, and donor identification number. Second, you will be asked to show two forms of ID such as, drivers license, Red Cross donor card or two other forms of ID.
Health History: You will answer some questions about your health history and places you've been during a private interview with one of the doctors there. Then your temperature, hemoglobin, blood pressure and pulse checked.
Donation: The doctor will then cleanse an area of your arm and insert a new sterile needle to draw the blood. Then you will have some time to relax as the bag fills, which will take about eight to ten minutes for the blood to be fully drawn. After you have given a pint of blood a bandage will be put on your arm, because a bandage makes everything better, and you will go get some refreshments.
Refreshments: Then you will spend a few minutes enjoying some refreshments, like juice and crackers, to let your body adjust so the lack in fluids. After ten to fifteen minutes of having refreshments you may leave and go on with your life. That is the process of giving blood for the Red Cross.
The NHS also did a thing called the Pint Sized Hero. Which ever elementary class gets the most people to give blood they win a ice cream party! And the class who won was second grade!
- Jeff Britton, Sophomore
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