Tahoe Fire Blood Drive on Martin Luther King holiday
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/04/2016 - 6:07pm
* 1 in 7 people entering the hospital will need blood.
* Patients who use the most blood are people being treated for: cancer, undergoing orthopedic surgeries, undergoing organ and marrow transplants, being treated or inherited blood disorders and undergoing cardiovascular surgeries.
* Less than 10% of the population that is eligible to donate blood does so annually.
Event Date:
January 18, 2016 - 12:00pm The Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District is holding a blood drive on Monday, January 18 from noon to 5:30 p.m.
FACTS & FIGURES
* A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.
* 1 in 7 people entering the hospital will need blood.
* Patients who use the most blood are people being treated for: cancer, undergoing orthopedic surgeries, undergoing organ and marrow transplants, being treated or inherited blood disorders and undergoing cardiovascular surgeries.
* Less than 10% of the population that is eligible to donate blood does so annually.
Your blood donation is badly needed. Visit the website www.bloodhero.com and enter the code "TAHOEFIRE" to sign up, or call 530-588-3591 to make an appointment.
Location
TDFPD Station 23
193 Elks Point Road
Zephyr Cove, NV 89448
United States
38° 58' 59.5128" N, 119° 56' 35.1132" W
See map: Google Maps