A great gift in life is the ability to help others out, and a great way of that is to give blood. If anyone has been in an accident or if someone is having surgery done, or in any circumstance where someone has lost an awful lot of blood, then a blood transfusion will be needed. Basically a blood transfusion is where some blood will be taken from one person, and it will be given to another person who desperately needs it.

If a person has only lost small amounts of blood, then all that will be needed is a replacement, which is usually a salt solution. For other cases where large amounts of blood have been lost, then this is when the blood transfusions are needed. The hospital relies upon people making blood donations to be able to provide to patients in need.
Plastic bags are used to store the blood in which is used for blood transfusions, and in each bag it will store up to a pint of blood. There really is a shortage of blood donors so if you could help, it would be very much appreciated!