Kanza Ahmad Persuasive Speech Topic: Why should you donate blood?
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Thesis: We need to donate blood because it can save a family member's life, or someone who is very close to us. a. I will discuss what blood donations are needed for, and who needs them in hospitals. b. I will talk about how to donate and the stepsyou will follow to do so. C. Reasons why people might not donate. d. Finally I will discuss how it can affect someone personally and reasons why everyone should become a donor as soon as possible. What are blood donations needed for? Who requires them? a. Every 2 seconds, someone in the US requires blood, and 1 pint of blood donated can save up to 3 lives. b. Blood donations are needed for anywhere from blood transfusions for someone in a severe car accident to a cancer patient. c. Mostly, the blood transfusions normally made are used for women who face complications in pregnancy, whether it's during the C-section itself or it's a problem before childbirth even occurs. Blood may also be needed for the newborn, if he/she faces any complications. d. Blood transfusions are also mostly done for children with severe anemia, sickle cell anemia, malnutrition problems, or cancer kids. These kinds of patients who are constantly in demand for blood transfusions and always fail to receive blood in time to save them. e. Another time of need is people who get into traumatic accidents, who undergo big surgeries, and cancer patients. With traumatic accidents, these patients lose a lot of blood out on the site and continue to bleed until they are able to undergo surgery and get blood transfused to them. The same concept goes for big surgeries; a lot of blood is lost when a person is cut open and being operated on. With cancer patients, they may require blood up to everyday, depending on their treatment course. f. There is a constant need for blood supply because blood can only be stored for up to 42 days, and platelets last only till 5 days and are worthless. This makes the need for blood supply very demanding and very constant. g. As advanced as science is, blood cannot be manufactured and must be donated from a very generous donor. What do you do in order to donate blood? What is the process? a. Donating blood is a much safer process than people think. All the equipment
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b. Blood donation consists of 4 steps: Registering, Medical history, Mini-physical and donation and refreshments. C. The registration part is when you walk right in and are required to fill out an entire form ofyour background; it usually asks about your weight, any previous diseases, problems, piercings, tattoos, drug use, and ifyou have travelled out of state or country. This is to make the process easier and to know if there may be
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d. The next step is to undergo a mi