So I'm looking up information about apheresis donation (I can't give blood again until the end of this month, but I apparently can give platelets three days after giving blood!) and come across a link about "double red cell" donation, with the following donor criteria: "For men, a donor must weigh at least 150 pounds and be at least 5'1" tall. For women, a donor must weigh at least 175 pounds and be at least 5'5" tall."
Huh. I'm a little overweight at 160 and 5'6". It's kind of a high threshold, isn't it?
Double red is a lot to give, though.
Serial to note:
"Recent studies with patients undergoing open-heart surgery show that even with similar heights and weights, women have lower blood volumes than men." Huh. Guess I should have read to the end.
Aw, Jesus, my grandparents are evacuating, my parents are out of town, and the dog's being boarded. Why is everything SO COMPLICATED?
For men, a donor must weigh at least 150 pounds and be at least 5'1" tall. For women, a donor must weigh at least 175 pounds and be at least 5'5" tall.
I'm wondering if they've got their criteria for men and women reversed.
[edit: or maybe not. Lower blood volumes, eh?]
This is for Dennis right? Cindy's petered out?
Oh, and the Red Cross is suffering a critical blood shortage, "with some areas of the country falling below a one-day supply of blood."
Because these days when I hear of something awful happening my first thought is "Wonder if I can give blood?" I don't imagine it will help anyone overseas, but it's a reminder, anyway.
They particularly need O, A-negative, and B-negative.
I totally missed this! Why?
Dunno. Saw it mentioned on my f-list, and that there was a frenzy of posting going on as a result. Hadn't checked it out, though.
For women, a donor must weigh at least 175 pounds and be at least 5'5" tall."
interesting. the BMI for that is 29.1, which is on the high side of overweight. (30 being clinically obese)
