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class="gradient"></div> <div class="content left middle"> <div class="container-fluid col-md-6 hero-image-content"> <div class="title"> <h2 class="bp1-hide hero-title" style="color: #ffffff;">How Blood Donations Help Patients</h2> <h2 class="bp1-show bp1-hero-title" style="color: #ffffff;">How Blood Donations Help Patients</h2> </div> <div class="subtitle"> <span class="bp1-hide hero-subtitle" style="color: #ffffff;">There鈥檚 no substitute for blood. When a patient receives blood, it was given in advance by a generous donor.</span> <span class="bp1-show bp1-hero-subtitle" style="color: #ffffff;">There鈥檚 no substitute for blood. When a patient receives blood, it was given in advance by a generous donor.</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <nav class="jump-links-container vertical" data-layout="vertical"> </nav> </div> <div> <div class="section-control parbase"> <div class="section-control-container column-container background-white top-padding-forty bottom-padding-forty medium jump-link-target gutter-twenty " style="background-color: #ffffff" data-jump-link-analytics="jump link not set" data-region-type="include" data-subsource-type="include"> <div class="box-shadow-container"> <div class="container-fluid main-content"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-md-10 offset-md-1"> <div class="row"> <div class="par-100 col-12 section-par one-col-100 par-1"> <div class="section_header"> <div class="section-header-container" data-title-heading="h2"> <div class="section-header-description"> <h2 class="section-header-title center large" data-aa-temporary-homepage-section-title="temp home page section title not set">Who Can You Help by Donating Blood? </h2> </div> </div></div> <div class="text parbase"> <div class="rich-text-editor-content" style="padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px"> <p>Every day, blood donors help patients of all ages: accident and burn victims, heart surgery and organ transplant patients, and those battling cancer. In fact, every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Here are just a few of their stories.</p> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="section-control parbase"> <div class="section-control-container column-container uniform-heights background-white medium jump-link-target gutter-twenty " style="background-color: #ffffff" data-jump-link-analytics="jump link not set" data-region-type="include" data-subsource-type="include"> <div class="box-shadow-container"> <div class="container-fluid main-content"> <div class="row justify-content-center"> <div class="col-md-10 offset-md-1"> <div class="row"> <div class="par-50 col-md-6 section-par two-col-50-50 par-1"> <div class="content-card-with-zip"><div class="content-card-main content-with-zip"> <div class="content horizontal"> <div class="row"> <div class="card-info dark-on-light" role="contentinfo" tabindex="0"> <div class="title"> <h6>Cancer Patients</h6> </div> <div class="description black-bullets paragraph black-font"><p><b>Ideal Donation Type</b><br /> </p> <p><a href="/donate-blood/how-to-donate/types-of-blood-donations/platelet-donation.html" target="_self">Platelets donation</a>, because certain cancers and cancer treatments prevent patients from producing their own.</p> <p><b>Ideal Blood Type</b></p> <p>A positive, A negative, B positive, O positive, AB positive and AB negative</p> <p>聽</p> <p>聽</p> </div> </div> <form class="search-bar" data-search-type="PL" role="search" tabindex="0"> <label>Give Platelets</label> <div class="search-form-input" data-context="search-form-input"> <input placeholder="Zip Code" name="zipSponsor" aria-label="Enter Zip Code or Sponsor Code"/> <div class="search-bar-error row" data-empty-error="* Required. 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Call 1-800-RED CROSS to make an AB Elite appointment.</p> <p><b>Ideal Blood Type</b></p> <ul style="list-style-position: inside;"> <li><b>For Power Red: </b>O positive, O negative, B negative, A negative<br /> </li> <li><b>For AB Elite:聽</b>AB positive, AB negative</li> </ul> </div> </div> <form class="search-bar" data-search-type="DR" role="search" tabindex="0"> <label>Give Power Red</label> <div class="search-form-input" data-context="search-form-input"> <input placeholder="Zip Code" name="zipSponsor" aria-label="Enter Zip Code or Sponsor Code"/> <div class="search-bar-error row" data-empty-error="* Required. 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Donated blood must be very closely matched to the donor鈥檚 blood type to avoid transfusion-related complications. Since most patients with sickle cell disease are Black or African American, the most compatible blood type match is most often from a donor of the same race or ethnicity.</p> <p><b>Ideal Blood Type</b></p> <p>Type O, <a href="https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-types/diversity/african-american-blood-donors.html">especially from blood donors who are Black</a><a></a>.</p> </div> </div> <form class="search-bar" data-search-type="WB" role="search" tabindex="0"> <label>Give Whole Blood</label> <div class="search-form-input" data-context="search-form-input"> <input placeholder="Zip Code" name="zipSponsor" aria-label="Enter Zip Code or Sponsor Code"/> <div class="search-bar-error row" data-empty-error="* Required. 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