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Critical Need for Volunteers to Help Deliver Blood to Hospitals

The American Red Cross needs special volunteers to deliver blood products to hospitals in their region and provide the vital link between blood donors and patients who need blood products.

 

Volunteers in the blood transportation specialist position have two important assignments — to transport blood from our blood collection sites to our labs for testing and processing, and to deliver blood products to hospitals in their area using a Red Cross-owned vehicle. These volunteers can schedule their own hours while helping patients in need.

BENEFITS

  • Nursing and CE credits

  • Online learning

  • Access to our machinery and trained staff

  • Guaranteed compliance

People With Diabetes or Prediabetes Are Welcome to Donate Blood

The Red Cross emphasizes that diabetes ─ and medications such as metformin or GLP‑1 treatments ─ does not prevent someone from donating blood as long as their condition is well controlled.

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Donating blood does not raise or lower blood sugar levels.

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Red Cross responds always begins with a safe place to sleep, hot food, and a hug.

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Red Cross covers the cost of deploying licensed health and mental health workers , including meals and lodging.

SUPPLIES

Red Cross volunteers distribute cleanup kits stocked with essentials like a mop, broom, pail, scrub brush, disinfectant, gloves, trash bags.

The Red Cross emphasizes that diabetes ─ and medications such as metformin or GLP‑1 treatments ─ does not prevent someone from donating blood as long as their condition is well controlled.

If you have diabetes or prediabetes and plan to donate, keep these points in mind:

  • Donating blood does not raise or lower blood sugar levels.

  • Most common diabetes medications do not affect eligibility.

  • Be sure to feel well on the day of your donation, eat beforehand and stay hydrated.

 

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  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Create an emergency plan

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

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    Meet with household members to discuss the dangers of fire, sever weather, earthquakes and other emergencies. Explain how to respond to each. Find the safe spots in your home for each type of disaster.

  4. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  5. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water. 

  6. Inspect for hazards

    In a disaster, ordinary items in the home can cause injury and damage. Anything that can move, fall, break or cause a fire is a potential hazard.

DISASTER ACTION TEAM

Emergency Preparedness Checklist

  1. Call your emergency management office

    Find out which disasters could occur in your area. Ask how to prepare for each disaster and how your would be warned of an emergency. Make sure to learn your community’s evacuation routes.

  2. Prepare a home disaster kit

    Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation. Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffle bag.

  3. Prepare a car disaster kit

    Make sure to assemble items that can help provide relief for a few days. Items should include battery powered radio, flashlight, extra batteries, blanket and bottled water.

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