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Thank you for joining me to today for the @SSMHealthSTL Pediatric Education Webinar Series where we discussed the topic of 🩸👶🏾Pediatric Patient Blood Management.
From our rural hospitals to large academic ones, together let's optimize pediatric & neonatal care.
👇🏽 #Blooducation
From our rural hospitals to large academic ones, together let's optimize pediatric & neonatal care.
👇🏽 #Blooducation
Coming out of #WorldBloodDonorDay, it was perfect timing to discuss this topic as we celebrate our incredible blood donors while bringing awareness of the need to collect and transfuse safe blood to our patients, many which are so 🖐️🏽tiny, fitting within the palm of our hand.
💎Blood is a precious resource.
⚖️Blood transfusions have risks.
"Transfusing the right product, in the right dose, to the right patient, at the right time" is the fundamental concept of Patient Blood Management.
How do we apply these concepts within the pediatric setting?
⚖️Blood transfusions have risks.
"Transfusing the right product, in the right dose, to the right patient, at the right time" is the fundamental concept of Patient Blood Management.
How do we apply these concepts within the pediatric setting?
LIVE: Media briefing on #COVID19 & other global health issues with @DrTedros twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
@DrTedros "Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay. Blood donations are a lifeline in emergencies, disasters, humanitarian crises, & for people who need regular transfusions. And yet around the 🌍, many communities do not have access to safe blood. Women & children are the most at risk"-@DrTedros
"So please, #GiveBlood if you can, and give regularly.
And to the millions of blood donors around the world – thank you. You are literally lifesavers"-@DrTedros #WorldBloodDonorDay
And to the millions of blood donors around the world – thank you. You are literally lifesavers"-@DrTedros #WorldBloodDonorDay
🩸 Many countries have banned gay and bisexual men from giving blood since the 1980s.
🏳️🌈 But attitudes and rules have changed over the past few years.
👇 For #WorldBloodDonorDay, we look at the history of the laws and which countries are making progress. 🧵
🏳️🌈 But attitudes and rules have changed over the past few years.
👇 For #WorldBloodDonorDay, we look at the history of the laws and which countries are making progress. 🧵
🔴 Why do blood donation bans exist in the first place?
🌍 Many countries introduced controls during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
🇺🇸 The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 among gay men in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
🌍 Many countries introduced controls during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
🇺🇸 The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 among gay men in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
⭕️ By the end of the year, there were 337 reported cases of what was then known as a “gay-related immune deficiency”.
130 people had died.
🌍 Four years later, there was at least one reported AIDS case in every region of the world.
130 people had died.
🌍 Four years later, there was at least one reported AIDS case in every region of the world.
🩸 Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay 🅰️🅱️🅾️🆎
Safe blood help treat people suffering from a range of diseases, of from injury from accidents, natural disasters and armed conflict bit.ly/GiveBlood22
#GiveBlood🩸
Safe blood help treat people suffering from a range of diseases, of from injury from accidents, natural disasters and armed conflict bit.ly/GiveBlood22
#GiveBlood🩸
🩸 The need for blood is universal. However, access to it is limited – especially in low- & middle -income countries. Shortages in these countries impact women and children more as they tend to be the ones requiring blood the most. #GiveBlood
bit.ly/GiveBlood22
bit.ly/GiveBlood22
Happy #WorldBloodDonorDay!
Despite the #COVID19 pandemic, young people around the world continue to play a key role in ensuring a safe blood supply.
👏A big thanks for their incredible contribution to the health of their communities 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
Despite the #COVID19 pandemic, young people around the world continue to play a key role in ensuring a safe blood supply.
👏A big thanks for their incredible contribution to the health of their communities 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs safe blood 🩸.
Let's #GiveBlood and keep the 🌍🌏🌎 beating 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
Let's #GiveBlood and keep the 🌍🌏🌎 beating 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
Safe blood saves millions of lives and improves the health & quality of life of many patients every day.
On #WorldBloodDonorDay, don't stop the beat, #GiveBlood 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
On #WorldBloodDonorDay, don't stop the beat, #GiveBlood 👉bit.ly/3vdZlO6
I once saved the life of a seven-year-old girl I've never met. I'd just started my industrial training at the time at a clinic in Benin.
#AvonBloodHeroes #WorldBloodDonorDay #SafeBloodSaveslives
#AvonBloodHeroes #WorldBloodDonorDay #SafeBloodSaveslives
That day, an elderly lady rushed in, crying that her grandchild was dying. The girl was admitted and placed on oxygen while I went ahead to take the blood sample for some test and realised her PCV was 11%.
#AvonBloodHeroes #WorldBloodDonorDay #SafeBloodSaveslives
#AvonBloodHeroes #WorldBloodDonorDay #SafeBloodSaveslives
Her aunt was asked to go get blood from a blood bank but did not arrive after 3 hours. Seeing as her blood group was the same match as mine. I told my boss I was willing to donate and eventually did after some tests were carried out on me.
#AvonBloodHeroes #SafeBloodSaveslives
#AvonBloodHeroes #SafeBloodSaveslives
(1/14) THREAD ON BLOODLETTING 👇 for #WorldBloodDonorDay. When King Charles II suffered a sudden seizure on the morning of 2 February 1685, his personal physician had just the remedy. He quickly slashed open a vein in the King’s left arm and filled a basin with the royal blood.
(2/14) Over the next few days, the King's physicians gave enemas and urged him to drink various potions, including boiled spirits from a human skull. Charles was bled a second time before he lapsed into a coma and died.
(3/14) Even without his doctors’ ministrations, the King may have succumbed, yet his final days were certainly not made any easier by the relentless bloodletting and purging. By the time of Charles II’s death, however, bloodletting was standard medical practice.
1/3 #COVID19 key concerns in 🇨🇦 : Today, in lieu of a daily in-person update to the media, I have issued a Sunday statement you can read in full here: canada.ca/en/public-heal…
2/3 Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay. This annual event raises awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and provides an opportunity to thank blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. #WBDD2020
3/3 🇨🇦, let’s roll up our sleeves to #DonateBlood. Make an appointment CanadasLifeline or @HemaQuebec for your regular blood donation or become a new volunteer or donor & let’s keep Canada’s Lifeline strong! #WorldBloodDonorDay
(1/5) Today’s #SundaySpotlight on #PublicHealth is all about #WorldBloodDonorDay! This is both a call for donations AND a thank you to those that volunteer their life-saving gift of blood. A sufficient supply of blood can only be achieved through consistent and diverse donations.
(2/5) #DYK that a single blood donation can save up to 3️⃣ lives?
#DYK that every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood?
There continues to be a need for blood donations and if you’re healthy and able, YOU can help! More via @MensHealthMag: menshealth.com/health/a327997…
#DYK that every 2 seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood?
There continues to be a need for blood donations and if you’re healthy and able, YOU can help! More via @MensHealthMag: menshealth.com/health/a327997…
(3/5) 🩸 Blood & plasma donations aren’t only needed during emergencies. Black & African American donors are needed to ensure a diverse supply and to support patients like those living with #SickleCell Disease.
Today is #WorldBloodDonorDay!
🆎🅰️🅱️🅾️
Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs blood. Transfusion of blood & blood products helps save millions of lives every year.
#Giveblood and make the world a healthier place!
👉 bit.ly/2AhZI3M
🆎🅰️🅱️🅾️
Every few seconds, someone, somewhere, needs blood. Transfusion of blood & blood products helps save millions of lives every year.
#Giveblood and make the world a healthier place!
👉 bit.ly/2AhZI3M
Every day, even during a pandemic like #COVID19, regular blood donations are needed all over the world to ensure individuals & communities have access to safe & quality-assured blood & blood products.
Safe blood saves lives:
👉 bit.ly/2AhZI3M
#WorldBloodDonorDay
Safe blood saves lives:
👉 bit.ly/2AhZI3M
#WorldBloodDonorDay
Blood & blood products are essential to care for:
1⃣🤰 and childbirth associated bleeding
2⃣👧👦 with severe anaemia due to malaria & malnutrition
3⃣patients with blood & bone marrow disorders, inherited disorders of haemoglobin & immune deficiency conditions
#WorldBloodDonorDay
1⃣🤰 and childbirth associated bleeding
2⃣👧👦 with severe anaemia due to malaria & malnutrition
3⃣patients with blood & bone marrow disorders, inherited disorders of haemoglobin & immune deficiency conditions
#WorldBloodDonorDay
#WorldBloodDonorDay2020: Century-old Convalescent Plasma Therapy Ignites New Hopes for #COVID19 Treatment
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#WorldBloodDonorDay #coronavirus
(📸: Mahesh G/BCCL Vijayawada)
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#WorldBloodDonorDay #coronavirus
(📸: Mahesh G/BCCL Vijayawada)
Experts continue to stress that the therapy holds promise, and there is a growing need for plasma donors across the country to give a fighting chance for #COVID19 patients with severe symptoms.
➡️What is convalescent plasma therapy?⬅️
It is a passive antibody therapy where the immunity of a recovered patient is transferred to a sick person using blood plasma. When attacked by a pathogen, our immune system produces proteins called antibodies to fight the infection.
It is a passive antibody therapy where the immunity of a recovered patient is transferred to a sick person using blood plasma. When attacked by a pathogen, our immune system produces proteins called antibodies to fight the infection.
(1/14) THREAD ON BLOODLETTING 👇 for #WorldBloodDonorDay. When King Charles II suffered a sudden seizure on the morning of 2 February 1685, his personal physician had just the remedy. He quickly slashed open a vein in the King’s left arm and filled a basin with the royal blood.
(2/14) Over the next few days, the King's physicians gave enemas and urged him to drink various potions, including boiled spirits from a human skull. Charles was bled a second time before he lapsed into a coma and died.
(3/14) Even without his doctors’ ministrations, the King may have succumbed, yet his final days were certainly not made any easier by the relentless bloodletting and purging. By the time of Charles II’s death, however, bloodletting was standard medical practice.
I’ll never forget the day i and my team where up all night, not only posting all over social media but making calls to find blood donors for a patient who needed urgent transfusion.
How we ended saving 2 lives instead of one😭😭
Thread #bloodOnTheLine
How we ended saving 2 lives instead of one😭😭
Thread #bloodOnTheLine
“Kilishi, oya oya, we just got a call. One woman in Specialist hospital needs blood o, she was brought in pale. She has No money. No blood match in the blood bank. No one to assist.
(Erm, my mentor calls me Kilishi, Kilishi for Kelechi, lol) #BloodOnTheLine
(Erm, my mentor calls me Kilishi, Kilishi for Kelechi, lol) #BloodOnTheLine
Sleep had cleared from my eyes sef as we drove the hospital. we were already posting on onlin. calls... looking for a match upandan. We got to the hospital and the sight of the patient was so heart wrenching. She was frail and white as paper #BloodOnTheLine
