Vitalant, the nationwide, blood collection organization, is facing a critical shortage of blood platelets in New Jersey, and donors are needed immediately.
Platelets are primarily used in treating cancer, trauma, transplant, heart, and burn patients.
Small cells that form clots to stop bleeding, platelets are essential in addressing many of the issues that extremely ill patients face, including anemia and low blood count.
They are regularly used during and after surgery, particularly when tumors are being removed, and during both chemotherapy and radiation treatment, as well as for a wide range of transplants.
(Animals everywhere are joining forces to Save the Humans by encouraging their human friends to donate blood. Courtesy of Vitalant and YouTube.)
“Without a sufficient supply of blood platelets, hospitals can face terrible challenges in the treatment of seriously ill patients,” explains Maria De Los Angeles Muñiz, MD, medical director for Vitalant’s New Jersey’s branch.
“There’s no quick fix to this situation, and there’s no readily available alternative to platelets.”
“We desperately need people to come forward and donate.”
Donations of blood and blood products, umbilical cord blood, stem cells, and bone marrow help to join individuals, organizations, businesses, and entire communities together in partnership to help save lives.
(Animals everywhere are joining forces to Save the Humans by encouraging their human friends to donate blood. Courtesy of Vitalant and YouTube.)
Vitalant in New Jersey, a not-for-profit organization that supplies blood and blood products to hospitals in the NJ/NY region, Vitalant (previously Community Blood Services) has been devoted to serving the community’s transfusion medicine needs since 1953.
Donation appointments can be scheduled by calling Vitalant at 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825) or by visiting www.vitalant.org.
Founded in 1943, Arizona-based Vitalant blood centers serves some 700 hospitals across the United States.
(Animals everywhere are joining forces to Save the Humans by encouraging their human friends to donate blood. Courtesy of Vitalant and YouTube.)
