SGA Blood Bowl 2008

What is Blood Bowl?
It is a blood drive sponsored by the SGA.
It is an inter-school contest to see which school can donate the most units of blood.

When: coming SPRING 2008 - April 8 & 9, 2008
Where:  On the 1st Floor of Jamail Student Center

Thanks to everyone that donated at Blood Bowl 2007!!
We collected over 50 units of blood in one day this year. Great job and a big thanks you to the Student Government Association.

Why should I give blood?
- To give the gift of life
- To help your school win
- Cookies, juice, and T-shirts for the donors

The following information comes to us from the UTMB Blood Bank.

Basic Donor Requirements
To be a donor at UTMB, you must weigh 110 pounds or more and be at least 17 years old. Blood donors should eat before donating and inform the blood bank staff if they are taking medications.

Donation Process
First you will be greeted by our friendly staff and asked to fill out a donor card. One of our staff members will then evaluate your medical history and check your pulse, blood pressure and temperature. After testing a blood sample to confirm your eligibility, the donation process begins. The actual giving time takes approximately 7 minutes, and the entire donation process takes about 30 to 45 minutes. Only one pint of blood will be taken. After the donation, donors are offered juice and a snack.
 
Join the UTMB Blood Assurance Plan. Defray the costs of blood for an individual patient.

Blood Assurance Plans:
The UTMB Blood Bank offers two types of Assurance Plans:
The Individual Plan provides individuals with unlimited blood replacement. Only one blood donation per year is necessary to enroll a healthy family for one year of coverage.

Examples of average blood use:

Blood Facts:
Each pint donated can help save 3 lives!
Every 3 seconds someone needs blood. (Approximately 40,000 units are used each day in the U.S.)
Blood makes up about 8% of a person's body weight.
Approximately 23 million units of blood components are transfused nationwide each year. There is absolutely no way that you can contract any disease from donating blood.
You can donate whole blood every 56 days, and platelets every 7 days.
Blood can be split into different components (red cells, plasma, platelets, and cryoprecipitate) and used to help different types of patients. UTMB Blood Bank currently separates components of red cells, plasma and platelets.
O- donors are called "Universal Donors" because their blood type can be transfused to people of all blood types.
O+ donors are needed more frequently than any other donor. O+ is the most common blood type. (39% of the population)
AB+ blood types are considered to be the "Universal Recipients" because they can be transfused with any type of blood.
AB- is the most rare blood type, only 1/2% of the population is AB-.

Blood Types
Type O
• Strongly purpose-oriented
• Straight desire
• Conscious of power relationship
• Know how to take chances
• Dislike to be subordinate
• Expressive
Type A
• Considerate about everything
• Prefer peaceful human relations
• Slow to trust people
• Observe social rules and customs
• Regard social order as important
• Restrain action and expression
Type B
• Dislike restrictions and one's own way
• Non-stereotyped action
• Non-stereotyped thinking
• Self-conscious and not warped expressions
• Makes less distinction of things
• Not conscious of circumstances
• Don't care social rules and customs
Type AB
• Rational thinking
• Good critic and analyst
• To participate and contribute to the society
• Good at adjusting human relations
• Hope to be in harmony with the society
• Feels distant from the society

For more information about this and other activities coordinated by the Office of Student Life, please email Mike Cromie, or call us at (409)772-1996.