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Sammamish Blood Drive Wants You
There are still 18 slots left open for tomorrow's blood drive, and plenty of need as the blood center typically sees a deficit over the holidays.
Correction: the blood drive is tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 22
Sammamish extends a big thank you to the 12 people who have made appointments for tomorrow's . There are still 18 slots still open for the drive, runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, and the city could use your help in reaching its goal of 25 donors.
In preparation for the high-usage holiday, your blood center has already sent our local hospitals over 3,000 units of blood. Over the next week we typically see a deficit of 1,200 donations. See below on how your donation makes a life-saving difference and the lives impacted by the last blood drive!
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You can make an appointment online at http://www.psbc.org/programs/drive.asp?URL=1811
If you have questions about donating or eligibility, please call the PSBC nurses at 800-398-7888.
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Below are three patients who utilized PSBC donations after your September blood drive. This is how donations make a life-saving difference.
58 year old male, UW Medical Center: Organ Transplant
- 10 units of red cells
- 10 units of plasma
- 2 units of platelets
32 year old female, Swedish Medical Center: Pregnancy-related Bleeding
- 10 units of red cells
- 2 units of platelets
Child at Children’s Hospital: Internal Bleeding
- 21 units of red cells
- 5 units of plasma
- 2 units of platelets
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