| Show Red Cross Blood program as plans are for vital to all Duchesne 1963 Bloodmobile charts trips to Roosevelt and Duchesne The Red Cross Blood of which County residents are serves our people around the clock seven days a weeK in many The Bloodmobile will be in Roosevelt on 5 from 3 to 7 and at Duchesne 6 from 4 to Blood is received by our hospital from the Blood Center on weekly shipments for use at any time Additional supplies are provided when requested by the hospital Blood is also replaced by Red Cross for our county residents when requested to do so in other hospitals that receive blood from Red Cross any place in the United Our residents also benefit from mayn blood derivatives or fractions made available by the Red They SERUM ALBUMIN to treat shock and burn FIBRINOGEN to stem severe when fibrin in the blood is GAMA GLOBULIN to treat chronic infections and for for some VACCINA IMMUNE GLOBULIN for severe reactions to small-pox FRESH FROZEN PLAS MA for hemophilic PACK RED CELS for those who need only this portion of IRRADIATED PLASMA for specific needs requiring only the plasma from These services are ours by reason of our participation in the Red Cross Our responsibility in is to produce our quota of blood donors about twice a year when the mobile unit comes to the area and to pay our pro-rata financial share for the operation of the Both are very nominal compared to the benefits we There is one blood that of open-heart surgery which requires a different method of blood For these fresh blood must be drawn in a heparin solution to prime the heart Blood for this purpose is drawn at the hospital where the surgery is to be performed within a few hours prior to the time of The following procedure has been agreed upon by the Utah Heart the Red and the hospitals concerned The family involved in the planning is advised by the hospital the blood type of the person to have surgery and the number of pints of this specific blood type that will be They are then asked to recruit as many donors as possible from relatives and friends having the same specific blood type to report to the hospital prior to to have their blood Our local Red Cross Chapter will assist in this regard by contacting who from their previous records of blood are known to have the same blood type as the person to undergo To supplement this through the efforts and cooperation of the Heart the hospitals and the Red a list of donors who have indicated their willingness to participate voluntarily for heart has been This service is available by contacting the Utah Heart in Salt Lake City for the name and telephone number of the person who calls donors from the list mentioned Blood donations are made voluntarily and without charge for the There is a nominal charge by the person who helps maintain the donor list and does the In Duchesne American Red Tina Wil-kins of is the volunteer Blood Program Chairman and can be contacted regarding answers to questions and Blood Program |
