1) One pint of blood can save up to three lives.
2) Someone needs blood every two seconds.
3) Only 38 percent of the U.S. population will donate blood and less than 5 percent do annually.
4) About 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood.
5) O negative is the universal donor of red blood cells.
6) People who donate blood are volunteers and are not paid for their donation.
7) The average whole blood and red blood cell transfusion requires 2.7 pints.
8) The average adult has 8-10 pints of blood at any one time.
9) Blood makes up about 7 percent of your body's weight.
10) There is no substitute for human blood.

1) You must be at least 17 years old.
2) You must weigh at least 110 pounds.
3) You may donate about a pint of blood every 56 days.
4) The #1 reason blood donors say they give is because they "want to help others."

1) More than 4.5 million patients need blood transfusions each year in the U.S. and Canada.
2) Approximately 43,000 pints of donated blood are used each day in the U.S. and Canada.
3) Shortages of all blood types happen during the summer and winter holidays.
4) If all blood donors gave four times a year, blood shortages would be a rare event.
5) The rarest blood type is the one not on the shelf when it's needed by a patient.
6) A patient could be forced to pass up a lifesaving organ, if compatible blood is not available.
7) Blood centers often run short of types O and B red blood cells.

1) The actual blood donation itself usually takes about 10 minutes.
2) There are five easy steps to donating: history, quick physical, donation, snacks and point redemption.
3) After donating blood, you replace the fluid within hours and the red blood cells within four weeks.
4) Giving blood will not decrease your strength.
5) If only one percent more of all Americans gave blood, blood shortages would disappear.

1) Red blood cells carry oxygen to the body's organs and tissues.
2) Red blood cells live about 120 days in the circulatory system.
3) Platelets promote blood clotting and give those with leukemia and other cancers a chance to live.
4) White cells are the body's primary defense against infection.
5) One unit of blood can be separated into red blood cells, plasma, platelets and cryoprecipitate.
6) The length of time most donated red blood cells can be stored is forty-two days.
7) The length of time most donated platelets can be stored is five days.
8) The length of time frozen plasma can be stored is one year.

1) Females receive 53 percent of blood transfusions; males receive 47 percent.
2) Children being treated for cancer need blood from donors of all types, especially type O.
3) Anemic patients need blood transfusions to increase their red blood cell levels.
4) Cancer and transplant patients may require platelet transfusions to survive.
5) Many patients with severe sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions every month.
6) A minimum of 16 tests are performed on each unit of donated blood.
7) You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood.