Just gave blood again, do you?

SuperTronNarwhal said:
what happens when you give blood?
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DiCe! said:
1 small ***** on your finger to test for iron
1 small "scratch" when they put the needle in
clench and unclench fist for 5 minutes
needle removed
have a biccy and some squash
go home knowing you could save a life.

Its not like the take a scalpel to you and just let you drip blood.
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Plus a questionnaire beforehand to check you are eligible to give blood and a pint of water/squash before that.

The staff are great. Let them know it's your first time. It's so easy to do. :)
 
Went along with my dad last week to see, however i'm not old enough to give blood yet.

Seems a relatively trouble free thing to do when you are doing so much to help someone else though.
 
Mine either

But thanks to everyone here that does, my gf needed a transfusion last week and if it wasn't for you guys she would have had a horrible chistmas rather then one that was just a little meh. Big thank you to all
 
I'm O+ which is the most common, but it can (iirc) be used by any rh+ bloodtype.

Like Luke says - the commonest blood is also the most needed, but it's all relative. The blood types of people who do donate blood will mirror the population's blood types, thus supply and demand should be met (if that makes sense) :)
 
Has anyone found difficulty giving blood? I've given 4 donations before without issue but the last two times I've had flow rate issues, with the most recent not being able to get much out of me at all. They try and preposition the needle etc but I've failed to give the required amount. I think perhaps they're using a different arm to before, so next time I go I'll make sure they get my right arm, but I was wondering if anyone else has had these issues?
 
Similar happened to me last time. The nurse had to hold the canular. If she let go, blood would stop flowing and the machine would start beeping. Got the full amount out...eventualy.
 
I didn't when I worked at NHSBT even though we could do it in work time - because our colleagues tested the blood on site ;)

I don't now as I can't handle the thought since an incompetent goon kept hitting the bones in my hand and wrist and bruised my whole hand and lower arm whilst trying to get a needle in me for an MRI scan.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
Has anyone found difficulty giving blood? I've given 4 donations before without issue but the last two times I've had flow rate issues, with the most recent not being able to get much out of me at all. They try and preposition the needle etc but I've failed to give the required amount. I think perhaps they're using a different arm to before, so next time I go I'll make sure they get my right arm, but I was wondering if anyone else has had these issues?
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I've had that from my right arm before, the first time I tried to give from it, they had trouble finding the vein and couldn't get a full donation. My left arm has a big fat vein right inside the elbow so I always give from that now without problems - they always ask me which arm but that might be just the roadshow type sessions in Scotland.

17 donations for me now, need to drag some people from work along when I'm going next year!
 
Burnsy2023 said:
Has anyone found difficulty giving blood? I've given 4 donations before without issue but the last two times I've had flow rate issues, with the most recent not being able to get much out of me at all. They try and preposition the needle etc but I've failed to give the required amount. I think perhaps they're using a different arm to before, so next time I go I'll make sure they get my right arm, but I was wondering if anyone else has had these issues?
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Not nodding off are you? That'll drop the blood pressure pretty quickly.


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