Stacia Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Red Cross Has ‘Emergency Need’ For Blood Amid Freezing Cold Polar Vortex Hundreds of blood drives in dozens of states were canceled as temperatures fell dangerously low this week. Edited January 31, 2019 by Stacia 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Dumb question, but if the shortages are regional, does it really help for people thousands of miles away to donate? Is the Red Cross shipping blood cross-country? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 50 minutes ago, Crimson Wife said: Dumb question, but if the shortages are regional, does it really help for people thousands of miles away to donate? Is the Red Cross shipping blood cross-country? Yes. See here: https://redcrosschat.org/2018/10/17/how-disasters-affect-the-blood-supply-for-patients-in-need/ Donations are part of a national blood inventory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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