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Thought I heard my name...? SIck bastards

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Originally Posted by masswithclass71

One pint whole blood every two months. If you give double reds, it's four months.

16oz's seems like an awful lot of blood to lose. That's 10% of the average persons total blood. I don't get the whole double reds thing. How do you draw blood in different ways?

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That's roughly 473ml's of blood. I don't think I'll be doing that lol. I thought it was only like 10ml's or so.

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Originally Posted by breakthrough

16oz's seems like an awful lot of blood to lose. That's 10% of the average persons total blood. I don't get the whole double reds thing. How do you draw blood in different ways?

Yeah What's double reds?

Originally Posted by breakthrough

That's roughly 473ml's of blood. I don't think I'll be doing that lol. I thought it was only like 10ml's or so.

Aw cmon BT it's only 47 10ml draws...

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[QUOTE=Chal;89882]Yeah What's double reds?

Cut and pasted from United Blood Services.

In a traditional blood donation, donors give whole blood—which consists of red cells, plasma and platelets. With the automated process called double red cell donation, donors can give just red cells—but two units of red cells—and that’s the component of blood that is in the greatest demand.

Blood donors who give four or six times a year like double red cell donation because they can cut their visits to the blood center in half, and still do just as much good for the community. People who give blood two or three times a year can stay on that same schedule, but double the effectiveness of their blood donation.
Donors say the automated double red cell donation is more comfortable than regular whole blood donations because a smaller needle is used. Donors also receive back their own plasma and about a pint of saline, leaving them better hydrated than before the donation.

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[QUOTE=masswithclass71;89886]

Originally Posted by Chal

Yeah What's double reds?

Cut and pasted from United Blood Services.

In a traditional blood donation, donors give whole blood—which consists of red cells, plasma and platelets. With the automated process called double red cell donation, donors can give just red cells—but two units of red cells—and that’s the component of blood that is in the greatest demand.

Blood donors who give four or six times a year like double red cell donation because they can cut their visits to the blood center in half, and still do just as much good for the community. People who give blood two or three times a year can stay on that same schedule, but double the effectiveness of their blood donation.
Donors say the automated double red cell donation is more comfortable than regular whole blood donations because a smaller needle is used. Donors also receive back their own plasma and about a pint of saline, leaving them better hydrated than before the donation.

Interesting..but still unclear how the process works. So do they take more blood than a standard donation in order to get the extra RBC then separate plasma and return with saline? Also what is the purpose the smaller needle?

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Yea, do they hook you up to a machine that draws the blood and filters out the cells returning the rest plus some saline back into you? I'm picturing something like when you get your coolant system flushed in your car with that machine they have at Jiffy Lubes lol.