Blood Donations

060105-N-8154G-010 Portsmouth, Va. (Jan. 5, 2005) - A hospital corpsman with the Blood Donor Team from Portsmouth Naval Hospital takes samples of blood from a donor for testing. The Blood Donor Team visits multiple commands throughout the area in efforts to boost the blood supply for the U.S. Armed Forces around the world. U.S. Navy photo by PhotographerÕs Mate 3rd Class Jeremy L. Grisham (RELEASED)

Health

Community Blood Center issues critical appeal for blood and platelets

WGCU Staff

Community Blood Center is citing a critical blood and platelet shortage and is urging donors to give immediately.

Health

Community Blood Center in Collier in need of platelets, type O blood

WGCU Staff

Community Blood Center, an affiliate of Naples Comprehensive Health, has critically low supplies of platelets and type O blood, and inventories for all other blood types are marginal.

Health

Plasma donation is critical, yet little-known

Cary Barbor

Plasma donation is as important as blood donation, but most Americans have never done it

Health

NCH's Community Blood Center in critical need of O-, A-, platelets

WGCU Staff

Community Blood Center, an affiliate of the NCH Healthcare System, is in critical need of platelets and types O negative and A negative blood, due to sudden and increased patient usage.

Human Interest

Fort Myers blood drive to remember fallen officer

WGCU Staff

Fort Myers Police Department holds a commemorative blood drive to honor fallen officer Adam Jobbers-Miller, who was killed in the line of duty.

Health

Collier County has emergency need for blood donations

Cary Barbor

Collier County has an emergency need for Type O negative and Type A positive blood donors.

Nicole Smith, Sarasota EMS Operations Captain, explains how the system for carrying and administering whole blood works. In partnership with SunCoast Blood Centers, the Sarasota County Fire Department will implement a groundbreaking, life-saving, behold blood transfusion program. When a traumatic injury occurs, whole blood will be provided to help save more patients.

Public Affairs

Sarasota County Fire Department gears up to provide whole blood at emergency, trauma scenes

Michael Braun, Andrea Melendez

In alignment with its mission of saving lives, the Sarasota County Fire Department (SCFD) has partnered with SunCoast Blood Centers to implement a groundbreaking prehospital whole blood transfusion program. This initiative aims to provide life-saving blood transfusions to patients suffering from severe bleeding or traumatic injuries before they arrive at the hospital.

Health

State-based shortage prompts call for local blood and platelet donors

WGCU Staff

There are severe blood shortages throughout Florida and that has prompted a call for Southwest Floridians to donate platelets or whole blood.Laura Rosen, community relations manager for the NCH Community Blood Center in Collier County, says the call to donate is to ensure local blood inventories remain optimal for patients in area hospitals.

Health

Critical need for types 0 negative, A negative blood in Collier County

WGCU Staff

There is a critical need for types O negative and A negative blood in Collier County.The county’s Community Blood Center says there is a critically low inventory of those blood products, the result of a sudden increase in area usage.The only way to obtain adequate levels of transfusable blood is through donations from the community’s members.

Health

Critical need for type O blood in Collier County; more use cited

WGCU Staff

There is a critical need for Type O blood In Collier Count to help boost the Community Blood Center's critically low blood product inventories.The local shortage is due to a sudden increase in area use. The only way to obtain adequate levels of transfusable blood is through donations.