To Be a Blood Donor

Attention Grabber

Do you know even though all the medical advances that science has given us, the one thing we cannot do is artificially manufacture blood? So, when a patient suffers severe blood loss, he needs a blood transfusion from donated supplies. Not only the accident victims need blood for emergency cases but also the blood cancer patients, they need blood on weekly or monthly basis, bloods are also needed for surgery. Therefore, a large volume of bloods are required to meet the demand.

Reveal Topic

Today, I would like to encourage you all to be a blood donor.

Relevance Statements

The World Health Organization recommends a 10% donor population in a country. In Malaysia, only 3% Malaysians out of Malaysia’s 29 million populations donated blood in the last two years. In addition, the blood supply must undergo time-consuming tests and then used before it goes bad, which is about 42 days. Due to the reasons stated above, maintaining an adequate blood supply is a challenge.

Preview Main Point

Benefits of blood donation

1. saving the lives of others,

2. free mini-medical checked out, and

3. reduce the risk of cancers.

[Let me start with the first benefit of blood donation.]

1. Blood donation can save the lives of others

• Single donation from you can help one or more patients.

• Blood is made up of several useful components.

• Each of these components can be separated from your donated volume of blood and transfused into a specific patient requiring that particular component.

[Blood donors are also benefits from blood donation by receiving the free mini-medical checked out. ]

2. Free mini-medical checked out

• Donors are asked for a brief health history and tested for basic physical health.

• Chance to find out their pulse, blood pressure, body temperature, and other vital signs are healthy or not.

• Accept free physical examination three to six times a year.

[Another benefit for blood donors is the risks of the cancers are reduced.]

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