American Red Cross Edition

Blood Facts

5

Two pints of blood can save upto this many lives

Six lives

10

How often blood is needed by someone in the United States.

Every 2 seconds

15

The Red Cross supplies about this percentage of the nation's blood supply

40%

20

High School and College drives provide nearly this much of the nation's blood supply.  

20%

30

The difference (in days) between shelf life of red blood cells and platelets

37 days

(42 for Red Cells and 5 days for platelets)

Are You my type?

5

This blood type is there for everyone.

 O Negative

10

These Blood types are double

O-, O+, A-, B-

15

This blood type is also a great way of thinking

B Positive

20

This type is best suited for "Sticky" situations

AB+ and AB-

30

This blood donor is considered a "Baby donor"

 O- more specifically CMV-

Collections

5

This is the minimum qualifying Hemoglobin level for a whole blood male donor

13.0 mg/dL

10

This is the minimum weight required for donors age 19+

110 lbs

15

Surprisingly to many people, this is the most common blood type in the United States

O Positive

20

Our customer service target should be at what percentage for Mobile operations

82%

30

Our phlebotomy success rate is #1 of all regions, at this percentage

98.39%

DRD

5

What does the acronym DRD stand for

Donor Recruitment Department

10

BSF sets appointment capacity at what for Type A vs Type B drives

Type A: 115%

Type B: 140% (But we lower this significantly!)

15

Put in the correct order:

72- Hour Check-in

Sponsor Meeting

Recruitment Meeting

AM orders Publicity Materials

AM orders Publicity Materials

Sponsor Meeting

Recruitment Meeting

72-Hour Check-in

20

What BSF field must be adjusted to request additional or fewer staff at a blood drive?

Anticipated Registered Donors

30

List 5 incentives for a sponsor to schedule an additional drive this summer

$100 BPL gift card (July-August), Leaders Saves Lives, High School Scholorship, Memorial Day T-Shirt, Independence Day umbrella, June $15 gift card, Community Club Program, Summer Theme Decor + Giveaways

Bloody Good Songs

5

Irish Rock band U2 sang about this 1972 incident in Derry

Sunday Bloody Sunday

10

Taylor Swift Sings "Now we got problems, and I don't think we can solve'em", "and now we got"  this

Bad Blood

15

Although Imagine Dragons sings about this, you definitely don't want to 

Bleeding Out

20

This 1978 hit by band Foreigner is more than a little warm

Hot Blooded

30

Colson Baker delivered this hit by radio (not by card) in 2020

Bloody Valentine (MGK)