Donating Plasma to Help Coronavirus Patients
Get a $5 Amazon gift card if you donate plasma, blood
The American Red Cross is seeing an emergency shortage of convalescent plasma, as the demand has more than doubled over the last..
Donating Plasma to Help Coronavirus Patients
Do every year following the fourth of july holiday it helps us recover from the decline in donations but the increasing use and this year this blood drive is more important than ever because of the corona virus pandemic.
And the challenges that we faced in collecting an adequate blood.
Supply for the patients that we serve.
Right now.
What convalescent plasma uses it's someone who has successfully overcome a corona virus.
Antibodies for the virus live in their plasma so you can come in and donate convalescent plasma and that caused that can be transfused to a critically ill coronavirus patient.
And your antibodies will help them fight off the virus and of course this is the hope is that that patient will be able to go home.
If you think that profile you think you had corona virus you have overcome it you are completely well and healthy you can visit by talent that orgy forward slash co lead free.
And fill out the.
Form to become a convalescent plasma donor this is not to tell you if you have corona virus but it will tell you if you had in
The American Red Cross is seeing an emergency shortage of convalescent plasma, as the demand has more than doubled over the last..
Doctors are hopeful the plasma of recovered COVID patients may be an important tool in the pandemic fight.