RC HISTORY
The United States Congress gave this to the American Red Cross to provide relief for domestic and international disaster victims and communication services for members of the Armed Forces.
What is ARC congressional charter?
This protein contains iron and carries oxygen to your organs and tissues.
What is hemoglobin?
This federal agency closely coordinates with the Red Cross in its response to major disasters.
What is FEMA or the Federal Emergency Management Agency?
OCONUS
Outside the Continental United States
This is the only sport that has been played on the moon
What is golf
This person is know for helping wounded soldiers at the battle of Solferino in 1859 and then lobbied political leaders to take more action to protect war victims. He also founded the ICRC
Henry Dunant
This vector is responsible for some travel-related restrictions on blood donation. It is also the scourge of picnics and camping trips.
What is the mosquito?
The response to this disaster was the largest single relief effort ever undertaken by the American Red Cross, with 1,400 evacuation shelters operated and over 244,000 disaster workers deployed.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
EMS
Emergency Medical Services
Who did Forbes name the youngest “self-made billionaire ever” in 2019?
Who is Kylie Jenner
This person was the first officially registered African American nurse to be accepted into the Red Cross Nursing Service, where she provided medical care for the families of service members during World War I.
Who is Frances Reed Elliot Davis
his type of blood is the most transfused type of blood in the U.S.
What is O positive?
Unlike hurricanes, this type of recurring disaster has no official season start or end date, and 2021 saw an unprecedented number of incidents occurring in January through November.
What are wildfires?
RFL
Restoring Family Links
With a debut that shocked the world, what was the first non-English language movie to win the best picture at the Oscars?
What is Parasite
The Junior Red Cross contributed this much to the World War I efforts?
How much is $3,677,380
This blood collection procedure involves separating blood into components while the donor is connected to the separation device.
What is apheresis?
This armed conflict was the last time the American Red Cross trained and deployed “Donut Dollies” -- female Red Cross workers who visited U.S. troops in the field to organize recreational activities and boost morale.
What is the Vietnam War?
WSI
Water Safety Instructor
This phenomenal artist is known for songs such as Umbrella, Rude Boy, Only Girl in the World. What is this artist’s real (not coequally known) name?
Who is Robyn Rihanna Fenty
After Clara Barton in what year did the first women leader of the Red Cross become president?
This virus, first identified in rhesus monkeys in Uganda, resulted in a pandemic in 2016 and 2017. It causes fever, rash, muscle or joint pain, and sometimes more serious symptoms and is known to be transmissible by blood. Last year the FDA lifted its requirement to test blood donations for this virus because the risk has subsided.
What is Zika?
The Red Cross responds to a disaster at this rate of frequency.
What is every eight minutes?
CTS
Creative Testing Solutions
Clara Barton's efforts to raise funds and establish a fledgling American Red Cross is a prominent storyline in this HBO television drama portraying New York city's high society in the 1880s.
What is "The Gilded Age"?