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Insert Middle School HEROES IN THE MAKING

Insert Middle School HEROES IN THE MAKING. School Presentation (Middle School - Grades 6 - 8). 08/10AP0890 HM. PPT001 | 2010/08. Students like you can help hospital patients who need blood. You can be a HERO in the MAKING!. How can you help?.

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Insert Middle School HEROES IN THE MAKING

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  1. Insert Middle SchoolHEROES IN THE MAKING • School Presentation (Middle School - Grades 6 - 8) 08/10AP0890 HM. PPT001 | 2010/08

  2. Students like you can • help hospital patients • who need blood. • You can be a • HERO in the MAKING!

  3. How can you help? • Invite an adult to give blood at an upcoming • blood drive.

  4. Who can donate blood? • Only adults • at least • 17 years old* can donate blood! *Sixteen years old in some states.

  5. Why Give Blood? • Patients who are sick with cancer or other diseases or who have been in an accident sometimes need blood to help them get better.

  6. Each person • who gives blood can help save up to lives 3

  7. What is blood? • pumped by the heart through the body • carries oxygen and food to cells • carries away waste

  8. Blood Can Be Made Into Different Parts • Red Cells • Plasma • Platelets

  9. How does blood help? Red cells • Red Cells Red cells, or erythrocytes: • carry oxygen from the lungs to your body’s tissue • take carbon dioxide back to your lungs to be exhaled.

  10. How does blood help? • Platelets Platelets, or thrombocytes: • are small, colorless cell fragments in the blood • interact with clotting proteins to stop or prevent bleeding. Platelets

  11. How does blood help? • Plasma • is the liquid portion of blood –in which red and white blood cells and platelets are suspended. • helps in maintaining good blood pressure and • supplies critical proteins for blood clotting and immunity. Plasma

  12. What are blood types? • There are four main types of blood:A, B, O and AB • Every person has a blood type. • Each blood type can also be positive (+) or negative (-)

  13. The perfect match • To make sure a blood transfusion is safe, the blood that is given to the patient must match the patient’s blood type. Group O can donate red blood cells to anybody. It’s the universal donor. Group A can donate red blood cells to A’s and AB’s. Group B can donate red blood cells to B’s and AB’s Group AB can donate to other AB’s but can receive from all others.

  14. – – – + + Blood Type: The Negative and the Positive • There is a another factor to blood types called the Rh factor. The Rh can be either present (+) or absent ( – ). • Rh negative blood is given to Rh-negative patients, • Rh positive blood or Rh negative blood may be given to Rh positive patients.

  15. Blood samples are tested to ensure that blood is as safe as possible to transfuse. What happens after a blood donation?

  16. What happens after a blood donation? (continued)

  17. Become a Hero • Your school blood drive is on _________. • Invite an adult. • Sign up online or return this card to school by ________.

  18. Thank You Gift • Add the image of the thank you gift you’ll be giving away in your Region as appropriate.

  19. Do you know blood? • What is the liquid part of blood called? • 2. Which cells give blood its red color? • 3. Which part makes scabs? • Which cells carry oxygen all over the body? • What blood type can be given to anybody? • Answer Bank • Red cells • Platelets • c. Plasma • d. Type O

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