Blood donation

The country that would be written about in this report is Nigeria. It is a country that has blessed with natural resources and many other good natural blessings like great weather. However, they have suffered a lot in the economic sector in the last few years and this has affected other parts of the country like the health sector, the social and environmental lifestyle and a lot more. Nigeria is country located in West Africa. Nigeria is known for having certain natural resources like Petroleum…

investigated asparagus’ effect on lowering blood pressure through inducing diuresis in individuals with hypertension. They found that asparagus was not a clinically useful hypertension treatment when compared to first-line diuretic that are much more efficient in lowering blood pressure by decreasing blood volume through diuresis.4 This study proved that asparagus is most likely not an effective clinical treatment for hypertension…

Organ Donations Don’t Always Go To The Right Person Since the establishment of organ transplantation waitlists, transplant priorities have been based on location and severity. With the sizeable amount of research being conducted to make advances in transplantation, many are unaware how important this waiting list is—and how many people are on it. Many patients on waiting lists are in such desperate situations that they may turn to the black market to buy an organ and transplant. While medical…

Organ Sales; A Solution That Will Save Lives Thousands of people have heard the shocking news that they need an organ transplant. It is not that they have to undergo surgery that shocks them, but the shocking statistics of the waiting period to get the organ they need. Many people die every day because of it, but only 1% of Americans are donors. There are thousands of people who have healthy organs and are willing to sell them for money that they could use to feed and house their children…

Is Organ Trafficking a Devious Deception? A dead body of a woman was found amidst ruins by a rescue team after an earthquake erupted in china. The body was covered by bricks, broken glass, mud: blood. The woman was in a knelt posture, which seemed like she was trying to protect the treasure buried beneath her, like a guardian angel. When the team unclenched the woman 's wings to see the treasure she was guarding, they saw a small child, alive, sleeping in the comfort of his warm, dead mother 's…

Organ allocation involves ethical decision-making. When making an ethical decision all biases and individuality must be withheld from criteria to make a decision that is objective. The process can be very challenging for individuals with the responsibility of making those decisions. Every effort must be made to uphold the ethical principles set by the ethics board. The purpose of this paper is to explore the ethical decision-making process of organ allocation and give the reader an insight…

In “Alcoholics and Liver Transplantation”, Carl Cohen and Martin Benjamin discuss whether alcoholics should get equally organs like others (patients) and who should receive transplanted organs. This is one of the most issues that arises and brings attention to the public. Cohen and Benjamin present this discussion by providing two arguments. The first argument is moral. Base on moral, alcoholics should not get the treatment for their transplantations. The reason is that they should blame for…

The most common indications for a blood transfusion include acute blood loss, coagulopathy and other anemias.2 The veterinary professional should adhere to a strict transfusion protocol, and utilize blood typing, crossmatching procedures and careful patient monitoring; which minimizes the risk of an adverse reaction and maximizes the benefits of the transfusion.2 Ideally, potential canine blood donor candidates should range in age between 1-year-old to not more than eight years of age, and be…

coagulation system. It is used when the patients are having surgery, to prevent problems due to the formation of blood clots in the vessels. In the body, antithrombin blocks thrombin, a substance that plays a central role in the process of blood clotting. Patients who have congenital antithrombin deficiency have low blood antithrombin levels, which may result in a reduced capacity of the blood to resist clotting. This increases the risk of clots forming during high-risk situations. ATryn…

volunteers and employees share a mission of preventing and relieving suffering, here at home and around the world, through five key service areas: disaster relief, supporting America’s military families, health and safety training & educations, lifesaving blood, and international services. The American Red Cross was created so that there is a program out there so everyone has help when needed, can donate themselves to help others and so that the people world-wide are able to help each other.…