{"id":2143616,"date":"2024-01-08T16:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-cross-announces-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T16:36:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T21:36:30","slug":"red-cross-announces-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-cross-announces-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Cross urgently seeks blood donations due to emergency shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fred-cross-announces-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2143616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A box for transporting donated \u200cblood is shown during an American \u2062Red Cross blood drive to help alleviate a blood supply shortage\u2064 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic \u2063at Las Vegas\u200b Motor Speedway\u200c on March 27, 2020 in \u2064Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:20 \u200cPM \u2013 \u200bMonday, January\u2064 8, 2024<\/h2>\n<p>The American\u2062 Red Cross is facing an emergency \u200bblood shortage and is calling on citizens\u2062 to donate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the\u200b Red Cross\u200b declared in a \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/about-us\/news-and-events\/press-release\/2024\/red-cross-declares-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations-during-national-blood-donor-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">press release<\/a><\/a> that it is facing an emergency blood shortage, with the lowest number of people giving blood in\u200d the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit organization, which gathers and distributes approximately 40% of \u200call blood donations \u200bin the\u2064 United\u200c States, is\u2064 unable to provide enough blood to certain hospitals in need.<\/p>\n<p>This shortage could lead \u200bto patients receiving insufficient\u2064 blood or hospitals struggling to find compatible donors for\u200d patients with rare blood types.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals are currently in need of blood products, including \u200cwhole blood, red blood cells, plasma, and platelets, \u2063at a faster rate than donations are being received.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOne of the\u200b most distressing situations for a doctor is\u200c to have a hospital full of patients and an empty refrigerator without any \u200cblood products,\u201d \u200csaid Dr. Pampee Young, chief\u2063 medical officer of the Red Cross. \u201cA person needs lifesaving \u2064blood every\u2062 two seconds in\u200b our country \u2014 and its availability can be the difference between \u200dlife and death, however, blood is only available thanks to the\u2062 generosity of those\u2062 who roll up a\u200d sleeve to donate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result, the Red Cross has had to limit the distribution of some of the most commonly transfused blood types to\u200d hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Eric\u2062 Gehrie, medical \u2064director\u200b of the American Red\u2064 Cross, explained \u2064that hospitals without fully stocked blood \u200dbanks \u200bmay have to postpone procedures, \u200cdelay transfusions for \u200cpatients in need, and face challenges in finding compatible donors for patients with rare\u2062 blood types.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere is more need for blood at \u200chospitals than we are\u200b able to provide at current\u2063 donation\u2062 levels and this is\u200b an issue that is really \u2064\u2026 a\u2062 long-term problem,\u201d Gehrie told the press.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gehrie also mentioned that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in January 2020, there has been a significant decrease in blood \u200ddonors, with \u200da\u200c drop\u2064 of 300,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTo put the \u200cnumbers in \u2063perspective, we need an additional \u20638,000 donations \u2064every week in January in order to meet current hospital \u2063needs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gehrie stated that there are \u200dseveral possible \u200cfactors contributing to the decline in blood donations over the past few years. He noted that the pandemic has made it difficult to host blood drives, \u200cas many \u2063people have been staying at home.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn\u2063 the past, the American\u2062 Red Cross worked with a lot of \u200cbusinesses\u2064 and schools who \u200cwould host blood drives \u200bon site and where it\u200b was possible for a lot\u2064 of people to donate\u200b blood,\u201d Gehrie\u2064 stated. \u201cAs the \u200bway that we \u2062learn\u200b and work has changed, it\u2019s been harder and harder to attract as many donors\u200b to an employer or school-related blood drive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He added\u2063 that\u200b some potential donors are sometimes rejected\u2062 due to factors\u200d such\u2062 as\u2064 iron levels, hemoglobin levels, or travel \u200drestrictions, and they may not realize they have \u200bthe opportunity to donate at a later time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/how-to-donate\/how-blood-donations-help\/blood-needs-blood-supply.html#:~:text=Each%20year%2C%20an%20estimated%206.8,the%20U.S.%20in%20a%20year.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only 3% of age-eligible<\/a> individuals, or about 6.8 \u200cmillion Americans, donate blood\u2062 each year, according\u200d to the \u200dRed Cross.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f We are facing an emergency blood shortage, with\u200b the lowest number of people giving blood in \u206420 years. <\/p>\n<p>Donors of all blood types are urgently \u2064needed to help patients who are counting on lifesaving\u200d blood\u200d following accidents,\u2064 during surgeries, and for treatment of conditions\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WgdAgK1kuM\">pic.twitter.com\/WgdAgK1kuM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2064American Red Cross (@RedCross) \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedCross\/status\/1744373818095710702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay\u200c informed! 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Subscribe here.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200d\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A precinct captain for President Trump in Iowa lays out the strategy for\u2063 the campaign\u2063 to build momentum. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In an\u200c exclusive interview Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton tells One America News why the group has filed a $30 million dollar wrongful death lawsuit against the\u2062 government over the shooting of Ashli Babbitt on January 6th, 2021. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Supporters of \u2063the 45th\u2062 President make \u200bthe final push for victory\u200b in the Iowa Caucuses. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Iowa voters say they feel \u200cthe issues facing the nation are existential.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI\u2063 and its financial backer\u2064 Microsoft were sued\u2063 in Manhattan federal court by a pair of\u200c nonfiction authors \u2062who say the companies misused their work to train the AI models\u2063 behind AI-based services.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SpaceX sued a U.S. labor board to\u2064 block its\u200c case accusing the company of\u200d illegally\u200c firing employees calling CEO Elon Musk \u201ca distraction \u2064and embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>ChatGPT was well on its \u200dway to becoming a household name \u200ceven \u200bbefore 2023 kicked \u200boff.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple fell \u2062nearly 3% to a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the shares \u2063on\u2064 concerns \u2063demand for its\u200d devices will remain weak\u200d in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the ability to organize blood drives and \u200dattract donors?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ews and exclusive \u2062interviews straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2064 the challenges faced, the\u200c Red Cross is determined to address this critical situation and is urging individuals to step forward \u200dand donate blood.<\/p>\n<p>Donors of all\u200b blood types are \u200ddesperately needed to help patients who rely on lifesaving \u200dblood for various medical procedures and treatments, including surgeries, accidents, and ongoing conditions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Red Cross, every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Without a sufficient blood supply, lives are at risk, and medical professionals face the difficult task of prioritizing patients based on available resources.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the blood shortage issue, with blood drives becoming increasingly \u2062challenging to organize due to social distancing measures and reluctance\u200d from potential donors to leave their \u2063homes.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Cross previously\u200d relied on partnerships with businesses and schools to host blood drives, but\u200d with the shift to remote work and online learning, participation has declined.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, some individuals who are eligible to donate\u200c may be unaware \u200bof\u200b the opportunity or face temporary disqualification due to factors such as low iron\u2063 levels or hemoglobin levels.<\/p>\n<p>In order\u2062 to meet the current demands, the Red Cross estimates that an additional 8,000 donations are needed every week in January alone.<\/p>\n<p>To address this critical situation, the Red Cross has implemented several measures. They have prioritized the distribution of blood products to hospitals in need \u200cand\u200d are actively exploring alternative methods for blood collection, including mobile blood drives and digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Red Cross is working to raise awareness and educate the public about the \u200dimportance of blood donation. They are emphasizing that donating blood is a safe and vital act that can save lives.<\/p>\n<p>If you are eligible and able to donate blood, please consider doing \u2063so. Your \u2063donation could make a significant difference in someone&#8217;s life and help alleviate the current blood shortage crisis.<\/p>\n<p>To find\u2064 a blood drive near \u200cyou or learn more about the \u200ddonation process, visit the Red \u2063Cross website or call \u200btheir toll-free number.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, donating blood is a noble act that has the power to save \u2062lives.\u200c Together, we can ensure \u200ba sufficient and reliable blood supply for those in need.<\/p>\n<h2>References:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/about-us\/news-and-events\/press-release\/2024\/red-cross-declares-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations-during-national-blood-donor-month.html\">https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/about-us\/news-and-events\/press-release\/2024\/red-cross-declares-emergency-blood-shortage-calls-for-donations-during-national-blood-donor-month.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/how-to-donate\/how-blood-donations-help\/blood-needs-blood-supply.html#:~:text=Each%20year%2C%20an%20estimated%206.8,the%20U.S.%20in%20a%20year.\">https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/how-to-donate\/how-blood-donations-help\/blood-needs-blood-supply.html#:~:text=Each%20year%2C%20an%20estimated%206.8,the%20U.S.%20in%20a%20year.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A box for transporting donated blood is displayed at a Red Cross blood drive in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 27, 2020. 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