Show H BLOODMOBILE COMING The Red Rd Cross in n Uth County By Jim Fazio From its inception tit at Geneva in 1863 the Bed fross ross has dl developed into one of flU fine greatest humanitarian oga devised by man man- Mil Mil- Millions lions of people have been helped In time of war disaster 3 and till emergency Thousands have been enlightened by Red Cross safety home nursing and other raining courses Under the leadership of Coun Coun- I v Chairman Francis Len Len- Lene e the Red Cross Cros has an aCt cc- ve t ro In Uintah and laggett Counties Among the activities of 1966 1066 wore were first id swimming and life saving courses home nursing musing and bat ba- baby by care 1 scare offered at the high h chool an and nul's nurses nurse's aide train train- leg Ing at Uintah County Hospital AID TO Is an im important port ant part of the American He lied Cross Crops program and over o messages n a day are arc sent to and from Viet Nam alone Sev cIal Uintah County have from this and other assistance to our fighting men During the fiscal year of oC 19 1966 6 the Red Cross Bloodmobile ma made e three visits to Vernal and anddrew anddrew drew a total of ItO pints of the magic medicine Of this amount pints were eventually ally use used In the County Hospi till tal 85 pints woe were to at Salt lake hospi- hospi hospitals tats and 1 pint went out of state OF ALL THE activities and benefits offered by the Red Hed RedCross Cross the blood program Is pro pro- probably bably the thc least understood Few realize how important this pro pro- program gram is to them personally or that It Is tine the best and most In In- In Inexpensive expensive Insurance policy they have Participating counties are given gi- gi given ven blood quotas to be met when the Bloodmobile makes Its stop stol The blood is given by volunteers and entitles all resl resi- resi residents dents of the county to blood me- me placement coverage anywhere in the United States In other words a person In need of blood due to an accident or operation exclusive of open heart surg- surg surgery surgery ery will receive all the line blood needed paying only for its ad ad- ad ministration Since bloo blood usual usual- usually usually ly costs about 50 for fm the first pint and 25 5 for each additional one Olle It Is easy to see the tary benefit of this program needs blood while outside the county the apply if the hospital is affiliated with the Red Cross program As Aside e from from personal advantages of the line blood donor pro pro- program program gram there is tine the satisfaction of its saving life benefits to others FOR INSTANCE during the first organized national blood donor campaign from from 1941 1945 13 million units or o pints CIC given by volunteers Pine rhe result was the lowest ratio of deaths among wounded for any allY war In history The need for fOl blood from this source in Viet VietNam VietNam Nam today is obvious Aside from the thc war effort do do- do donated blood is needed through out ont the United States for acci- acci accident dent victims major saving lifesaving operations and newborn babies In fact over 10 units per minute needed hele The line arc I Red Cross CISS goal is that no per per- person son dies anywhere at anytime for lack of blood A date ate to circle on the calen- calen calendar calendar dar is Monda Monday February 6 Thu Tho Bloodmobile will Ii be at the Na- Na National National Guard Armory from three o'clock to lu seven o'clock The quota for fo Uintah County during this visit Is pints Watch far JOl more details on tine the blood donor program next week in The Vernal Express I Ii Ir IY i if 1 I i rJ w I t r Y I 1 VL t I II I 1 I i If rIt v i tt II i tr J I t f t 0 t A tl t tl l 1 r I ift t I j jI III 9 I r r I If I J P F i I I Pt t I t II i if t f r t i I I i s f 4 I A f fr fI f J 1 aI i r P I I I I 1 i I |