...for Informative Speech Title: Blood of Life Speaker: Specific Purpose: At the conclusion of my speech, the audience will know what happens to blood from its’ creation in your own body, to the process of donation and subsequent use in transfusion. Central Idea: How blood is created in your body, and the process from donation to transfusion. Introduction I. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines blood as, “the fluid that circulates in the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body.” II. Blood is the essence of life itself, created in our own bodies, in the bone marrow. III. Blood donation is a relatively simple process that can save lives. IV. We can trace our own blood supply from creation to transfusion; looking at how blood is created and used by the body, how blood is collected and donated, and what happens to it after donation. Transition: So, let’s get right to the marrow, inside the bones where it all begins. Body I. According to the Puget Sound Blood Center, blood is produced by the bone marrow inside your bones. A. Three kinds of blood cells are produced inside the marrow: red blood cells, disease fighting white blood cells, and blood clotting platelets B. From the bone marrow these cells enter the circulatory system, your blood vessels. 1. Here...
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...Speech: Appeal for Blood Donation Topic: Appeal for blood donation Attention getter: how do you feel when you have to wait impatiently for something you really need? My ten-year-old cousin was involved in a fatal road accident the other day, and she needed blood so urgently. She went on the waiting list immediately, but it took us a few hours before we could get a possible donor the blood banks did not have her blood type, and we were worried. Lucky enough, a man brought his wife to deliver, and after hearing our case, he agreed to donate. This was a relief to us all but what got me wondering is what if another patient came in with the same problem like my cousin? Persuasion topic (need) -To persuade the listeners to donate blood and to act their decision to donate Thesis: we need to donate blood since it can save a life of either someone you know, a person in need, or a relative What must be done to satisfy the need? Imagine a situation where someone you know is really in need of a blood donor to save his or her life. For instance if someone you know is born with a heart defect, and he or she needs an urgent blood transfusion to save their life. To save a situation similar to this or even worse, we all need to donate blood in large numbers. To save this situation we need to come out in large numbers to donate blood irrespective of race color or gender. People also need to be encouraged to donate blood every day because there is an increasing blood need every day....
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...Austin Siu Periods 7&8 Supplemental Reading “Survival of the Sickest” by Dr. Sharon Moalem 1) What prompted the author’s interest in biology? The author’s grandfather was a strong, loving man that loved bleeding. He loved donating blood because it made him feel great both emotionally and physically. The reason behind his physical please from donating blood was because he was diagnosed with hemochromatosis or iron overload disease. Her father passed away early but she was still motivated to find a cure to hemochromatosis for others with the disease. 2) What are the consequences of hemochromatosis if it’s left untreated? Hemochromatosis caused the body’s cells to uptake all available iron. This eventually leads to a hazardous...
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...joining the list every day. Every day between 16 and 17 people die while waiting for a transplant. Again you may say not a lot – but in the average mans’ lifetime the death toll is 1,980,160 – almost two million people. Ladies and gentlemen you can help. By donating your vital organs after you have passed away you can save lives. For the more sentimental of you, of the 110,000 patients waiting for a transplant, over 10 per cent of these are children under 15 years of age. So, how can you help? All you have to do is get in touch with your local doctor, register on the national network organ donation website, and they will tell you all you need to know. You fill out one form, and receive a card; it really is that easy. Then, once you have passed away in many years to come, your organs will be removed and will give somebody else the chance of life. Your age doesn’t make you ineligible to sign up; nor do you have to be in perfect health. Each person’s ability to donate is determined at the time of his or her death. Organs: heart, kidneys, pancreas, lungs, liver, and intestines •Tissue: cornea, skin, heart valves, bone, blood vessels, and connective tissue •Bone marrow/stem cells, umbilical cord blood, peripheral blood...
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...The article talks about how the lack of legal rules in relation with organ transplants has affected Iran. Due to the lack of regulations the donor market has become a competitive business especially Kidney donations and these are primarily funded trough 2 major charity organizations in Teheran. The donations of kidneys for a could lump sum has become drastically competitive where people are advertising the sale of their kidneys on posters and papers along with their blood type and other information that they believe will attract a buyer. The article also talks about how desperate people just opt for this option without understanding the risks simply because of the lack of regulations for such transplants. One incident in the article states that a mother was willing to sell her kidney just so that she would have a dowry to find her daughter a husband and fund her wedding as their culture say that those are the duties of a parent. The article also talks about how the lack of such regulation in Iran promotes international organ trafficking. 1) Is the ‘Business’ mentioned in your case ‘just like any other business’, or is it open to moral criticism? Think of individual and social rights of stakeholders involved, principles of equity, justice and respect for human dignity when defending your answer. The business mentioned in the case is open to moral criticism because it involves the lives of people; it involves people giving out part of their organs. Some argue whether it...
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...Abstract I interviewed Tyanisa Smart. Tyanisa works for Grifols which is a plasma center. She has been working for the company for 8 years. Grifols is one of the world’s largest plasma companies. Tyanisa is a Medical Operations Supervisor for Grifols. She gave me some information on the company history. She also explained what plasma was and what plasma was used for. She went over what type of degrees she had and how long it took her to grow with the company. Interviewing Tyanisa was very educational. I not only learned about plasma but I found out that donating plasma is in high demand. Tyanisa has been working for Grifols for 8 years. Tyanisa is a Medical Operations Supervisor for Grifols. When she started working for the company she was an LPN. After about 4 years she took on the responsibilities of becoming a Medical Operations Supervisor. Tyanisa is to perform at the expert level and also act as the area supervisor. Oversees work of others and acts as the area supervisor but does not conduct performance appraisals or make hiring, salary, or termination decisions. She gives immediate feedback and technical assistance to Center Medical Specialists and to staff in the donor processing area and on the donor floor. She coordinates the medical staff schedules. Leads, directs breaks and lunches, and directs donor flow. She participates in the interview process of new hires. Tyanisa may provide input into performance appraisals and participate in employee...
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...8 9 18 19 19 20 Executive Summary This following document is a marketing strategy and media plan for Canadian Blood Services. The non-profit charitable organization has existed since 1998 and currently has over 40 permanent collection sites across Canada. Over 25,000 donor clinics are run annually across Canada with17,000 community volunteers and over 4,500 employees keeping the foundation going strong. OneMatch Stem Cell, Marrow Network, National Organs & Tissue registry, and blood donations are run by Canadian Blood Services. Adults 18-59 across Canada compose the majority of donations. Canadian Blood Services is a noble cause that has positive brand image. The diverse recognition program recognizes all those that support them. The biggest obstacle Canadian Blood Services is lack of awareness amongst potential donors and volunteers. It is not a top-of-mind charity and people do not know about recognition events held for participants at local and national levels. Canadian citizens take this service for granted. There is also plenty competition for people’s time and money. Tough economics times make it harder for people to focus on charitable causes because they need to help themselves. However, Canadian Blood Services have a loyal core base of donors and volunteers. The target audience of this campaign is aimed at everyone who contributes to Canadian Blood Services. For their contributions within the charity, they are deserving of recognition. This is a broad group that...
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...obtained by bone marrow biopsy (often called a trephine biopsy) and bone marrow aspiration. A bone marrow aspiration should be performed as part of the same procedure. For patient safety and convenience, biopsies are usually performed on the posterior iliac crest. The biopsy specimen should measure at least 1.6 cm and, if it does not, consideration should be given to repeating the procedure, possibly on the contralateral iliac crest. Bone marrow examination is used in the diagnosis of a number of conditions, including leukemia, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, anemia, and pancytopenia. The bone marrow produces the cellular elements of the blood, including platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells. While much information can be gleaned by testing the blood itself (drawn from a vein by phlebotomy), it is sometimes necessary to examine the source of the blood cells in the bone marrow to obtain more information on hematopoiesis; this is the role of bone marrow aspiration and biopsy. { A trephine (/trɨˈfaɪn/; from Latin trypan, meaning to bore) is a surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade. It can be of one of several dimensions and designs depending on what it is going to be used for. They may be specially designed for obtaining a cylindrically shaped core of bone that can be used for tests and bone studies, cutting holes in bones (i.e., the skull) or for cutting out a round piece of the cornea for eye surgery. A cylindrically shaped core of bone (or bone biopsy) obtained with a...
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...Discontinue the Ban Against Gay’s For many citizens, donating blood is as simple as filling out paperwork, waiting in line, and rolling up their sleeve. Gay men, on the other hand, are deprived of this opportunity. The United States government has placed a ban on gay men donating blood. The reasoning behind this ban is the claim that gay men hold a high risk of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Fortunately for gay men, diseases don’t have a sexual orientation. Unfortunately for gay men, they are being discriminated against because of a law not based in science that is prohibiting them from donating to the nation’s blood supply. It is time for the government to open its eyes and remove the ban against gay men donating blood. Some believe that allowing gay men to donate blood would allow diseases such as HIV/AIDS to get into the blood supply, but heterosexuals spread HIV/AIDS just as homosexuals do. In an article written Dr. Alan Cantwell, he firmly states that “When the AIDS epidemic began officially in June 1981, it was widely considered exclusively a "gay disease." Now everyone should know that AIDS is a worldwide epidemic; and most AIDS cases are heterosexual, not homosexual” (Cantwell 5). Dr. Cantwell eliminates the opposing argument that gay men should not donate blood because it puts the blood at higher risk for infections and diseases, such as AIDS. It is an old-fashioned and uneducated idea that AIDS is a “gay” disease. AIDS is a virus, not a disease. Dr. Cantwell also states...
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...Canadian Blood Services Case I. Introduction * Canadian Blood Services (CBS) has a reputation that makes people feel comfortable in knowing that when they donate blood there will be professionals that will take care of them and they receive the satisfaction of knowing they are saving lives. It is this good feeling that brings donors into clinics to donate. However, CBS needs to look at innovative ways to increase the numbers of people who donate because of the growing demand for blood. II. Issues and problems a. Increase the number of donors (urgent) * In order for the Canadian Blood Services to meet the demand of blood needed to serve patients, the CBS must increase the amount of donors that give blood. Being that there is an increase in the amount of blood needed each year, the demand for blood continues to rise. Finding ways to attract people to donate blood can be problematic in that finding incentives for people to donate can be a difficult task. b. Donor retention (symptom) * Finding way to keep donors giving blood is another issues that needs to be examined further. CBS needs to understand what brings people to CBS locations to give their bloods and to find other ways to make giving blood more convenient and efficient. People who continue to donate blood on a regular bases are the backbone of CBS. It is vital that CBS find innovates ways to make donors want to give their blood to this organization. III. SWOT analysis a...
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...Idea for the Speech: Becoming a Donor and the Process of Donating Plasma. Attention Getter What I have come to talk to you about today is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and get compensated in return. As I recall from our any-old-bag speeches most of us aspire to obtain a career that will allow us to make money and help people. But, in order to do that you have to graduate. For some of you that may be just around the corner, and for others, longer depending on your major or classification. Then you have to find a job that will put you in a position to help people. Fortunately, I have a way you can make money and literally save lives, without even graduating. Best of all, you can start today! Reveal the topic of your speech What I am talking about is plasma donation. I am going to explain to you the how to become a donor and the process of donating plasma. Credibility I have worked in this field for about three and a half years. There are three main areas within a plasma center and I have worked in all three. I’ve helped train personnel in every area and I am a designated trainer in one of them (our lab). I’m also the technician who repairs the machines (in fact, I’m the only person in the building that does all four. Prior to working in a plasma center, I was a donor. Preview of Main Points * What is plasma? * Becoming a donor and the process of donating. * How human plasma is used. #1 Transition Sentence ...
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...How to go to your page This eBook set contains two volumes. The main content pages are contiguously numbered: use the Table of Contents to find those page numbers. The front matter pages and indices are labeled with the Volume number and page separated by a colon. For example, to go to page vi of Volume 1, type Vol1:vi in the “page #” box at the top of the screen and click “Go”. To go to page vi of Volume 2, type Vol2:vi in the "page #" box… and so forth. Encyclopedia of Human Body Systems This page intentionally left blank Encyclopedia of Human Body Systems VOLUME 1 Julie McDowell, Editor Copyright 2010 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data McDowell, Julie. Encyclopedia of human body systems / Julie McDowell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–313–39175–0 (hard copy : alk. paper) 1. Human physiology—Encyclopedias. I. Title. QP11.M33 2011 612.003—dc22 2010021682 ISBN: 978–0–313–39175–0 EISBN: 978–0–313–39176–7 14 13 12 11 10 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Greenwood An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC...
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...advertising for blood donations in the past 30 years has been very effective to the outcome of the drives. Advertising is a good thing because it lets the public know when, where, and why a blood drive is being held. Advertisements are done so they can entice people to voluntarily donate blood. The blood is used in millions of cases in which a person may need a blood transfusion for many different reasons. Mostly, advertisement is used to target a certain group or demographic who are potential donors. To have regular donors and a plentiful supply of blood is the major cause of advertisement. There are natural disasters such as hurricane Katrina and super storm Sandy that came through and destroyed cities and town. Thousands of people were hurt in both that lost blood and needed a transfusion. As I found stated on www.gobag.com “Keeping an adequate supply of blood on hand is a challenge on a daily basis. There are daily occurrences that constantly draw on supplies daily such as premature births, illness, traumatic accidents and research - just to name a few. Having an adequate supply of blood immediately after a major disaster is not likely. Many people will come together AFTER a disaster to donate. It takes days to process blood before it can be used, many victims of disaster often don’t have days to wait and their lives can be lost.” (www.gobag.com, 2013). This is where good advertisement would have come in let the public know that there was a need for blood before something...
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...audience to make a blood regularly if your blood is safe to be transferred to another human being. Thesis statement: People should give blood because it is easy and though there might be a little pain involved it, while blood donation will help save so many lives and you can get great snacks. INTRODUCTION I. ATTENTION A. Attention Getter: Do you know that blood donation can help save the lives of up to three people? According to American Red Cross's blood statistics, if you began donating blood at age 17 and donated every 56 days until you reached 76, you would have donated 48 gallons of blood, potentially helping save more than 1000 lives. B. Common ground: Every two seconds, someone in the United State needs blood and more than 41,000 blood donations are needed every day. So while you may never worry about having enough blood to function, plenty of others are not as fortunate. C. Thesis: Blood donors report feeling a sense of great satisfaction after making their donation. Because help others in need just feels good. Transition: Now let us begin with the need for blood donation. BODY II. NEED A. The article "Donate" in the New York Times quoted as saying, "The stress on the blood supply is increasing. " 1. The demand for blood never lets up because according to "Give Blood" In Weekly Reader, every day thousands of people need donations to survive. 2. The blood must go through a series of time-consuming tests and then used before it perishes - whole blood for instance...
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...Canadian Blood Services | | Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Problem Statement 4 Situation Analysis 4 Objectives, Background, and Forecast 4 SWOT Analysis 5 Market and Segmentation Analysis 6 Market Mix Analysis 7 Donor Behaviour Analysis 7 Financial Analysis 9 Key Questions 10 Alternatives 10 Alternative #1 10 Alternative #2 11 Alternative #3 11 Alternative Selection 11 Recommendations 12 Action Plan 12 Contingency Plan 13 References 14 Executive Summary As Canada’s main blood products supplier, Canadian Blood Services faces challenges in recruiting new blood donors and increasing donation collections to keep up with the demand. Based on the organization’s internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as the external opportunities and threats, we provided our analyses on market segmentation, market mix, and customer (donor) behaviours. Three alternatives have been presented in response to the needs of increasing donor base and new-donor retention. Social media promotion and community events are the two approaches recommended. We believe the personable promotion channels can help the organization maximize its potential. Detailed action plans are also provided in this report. Problem Statement 10 years after its creation, Canadian Blood Services (“CBS”) has regained the trust from Canadians as the organization provides safe and affordable blood and blood products. However, between 2005 and 2008, order fill rate has declined...
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