Show Blood Program Assists Summit Summt I County Residents in Many Ways I I I COALVILLE COALVILLE- I The Red Cross Crocs a Blood Program in which Summit County residents are participating serves our oui- people peo pea i pie around the clock dock seven days daya a. a week in many ways I In the North Summit District American Red Cross blood chap chaP 1 chapter ter Bernett Smith is the vol volunteer volunteer volun volun- un- un unI I teer Blood Program Chairman I and ca can be contacted regarding answers to questions and Blood Program services Blood is It received by our hospital boa hos pital from the Lisa Blood Center on weekly shipments for tor use at any anytime time Additional supplies are provided provided provided pro pro- vided when requested by the hos hoe pital lital Blood is IB also replaced byRed by byRed byRed Red Cross for o our r county residents rest resi dents when requested to do so in other hospitals that receive blood from front Red Cross CroS any place in the United States Stated Other Forms Our residents also benefit from J I I many blood derivatives or fractions fractions frac- frac lions made available by Red Cross Cress They are 1 Serum I.-Serum Serum Albumin to treat shock and burn cases 2 Fibrinogen 2 to stern stem severe hemorrhaging when fibrin in the blood is low 3 Gamma Gamma Globulin to treat chronic infections ear nose throat lun lungs s. s and for prophylaxis for or some d diseases S asee 4 Immune Globulin for severe reactions to small mall pox I vaccinations 5 Fresh Fresh Frozen Plasma for hemophilic bleeders 5 IJ Red fled Cells Cella for those who need only this thia portion of blood j 7 IrradIated T-IrradIated Irradiated 7 Plasma for tor tic fic needs need r requiring only the plasma plasma plas plas- ma mil from blood How lIow We Repay Our responsibility in turn is to produce our quota of blood donors onore about twice a year fear when the mobile unit comes to Coalville and to pay our rata pro-rata financial share of the operation of the servo sen ice Both Doth are very nominal compared com corn pared to the benefits we receive The family involved tn In the planning is advised by the h hospital spital the blood type ot of the person to have surgery and the number of ot pints of this specific blood type that will be needed They are I then asked to recruit as many JUan donors as at pOS possible from relatives and friends having haying the same aped aped- fie fic blood type to report to the hospital prior to surgery to have their own blood drawn Our local ledal Red Cross Chapter will assist fn In this tuis regard by contacting donors who from their previous records ot blood donations are known to have the same blood bloo type as the i person to undergo surgery surgery Voluntary Aid To supplement this a 8 supply u p p fr through the efforts and ancl lion tion of the Heart Association tao hospitals and the Red Cross Cress alist a alist list of ot donors who have bave indicated d their willingness to participate participate- voluntarily for tor or h heart rt surgery Il has lias s been prepared This Thill service is available by contacting the Utah Heart Association in Salt i- i Jr e I City for tor the name paulo and telephone number of the person w who o calls caia donors from the list Hat mentioned Blood donations are made mad a voluntarily vol yot- yot and without charge harge los los' or orth th lii d donation Uon There la Is a nominal charge chargo by the lbs person who helps maintain the donor list lut and does the calling |