Blood Components Normally‚ 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In adults‚ this amounts to 4.5-6 quarts of blood. This essential fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ and other waste products. In addition‚ it plays a vital role in our immune system and in maintaining a relatively constant body temperature. Blood is a highly specialized tissue composed of more than 4‚000 different kinds of
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Juan Villacis COMM 1402-02 December 9‚ 2013 Title: MORE PEOPLE SHOULD DONATE BLOOD. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: How many people have donated blood before? Does anybody know how many people can be saved by one donation? One donation can help save the lives of up to three people and since blood is an essential substance that cannot be manufactured‚ It can only come from volunteer donors (RedCrossBlood.org.‚2013) B. Tie to Audience: Many people feel scared when they see needles and most
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Critical Thinking Scenario: Blood Money ETH\316 April 13‚ 2015 Linda Emmele Critical thinking and ethics The purpose of this essay is to provide an explanation for the relationship between critical thinking and ethics based on an ethical scenario called‚ Blood Money as analyzed from a critical thinking perspective. First‚ the moral responsibility of the participants in the scenario and the stakeholders’ moral failings will be defined. Next‚ the conflict of obligations or ideals will be analyzed
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wasn’t aware of how many people I can help until there was a blood drive at my high school. The blood drive was run by the ARUP Blood Services and I learned a ton about donating blood. Before you donate you can talk to a representative and learn more about donating blood. I learned that the blood donated can be stored for about 28 days until it goes bad. The phlebotomist told me blood donations are given to several patients who need transfusions to live. If there are many people donating it can be a
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Part A (a): Ethical dilemma Should Tom tell Michael that Brenda is breaking the rules/law. Ethical egoism Under ethical egoism‚ Tom should tell Michael what Brenda is doing‚ as he is feeling worried and guilty and this would ease his mind. He could also gain benefits from Michael. Tom would do this because he is promoting his well being above everyone else’s (QUT‚ 2011). Utilitarianism Under Utilitarianism‚ Tom should tell Michael about Brenda and Mary’s arrangement‚ because Utilitarianism
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LAWS ETHICS- It is a practice of deciding what is right or wrong in a reasoned‚ impartial manner. To involve in ethics‚ a decision must affect you or others in a significant way. Business ethics are ethical principles used in making business decisions. Case Example: Alaska enacted a statue known as “Alaska Hire.” It required employers in the state to hire qualified Alaskan residents in preference to non-residents. Hicklin‚ a nonresident‚ sued Orbeck‚ the state official charged with enforcing the
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Ethics of Using Information It’s 2007 and we have so much information available at our disposable. With just a few clicks of the computer keyboard‚ we have a vast amount of websites‚ documents‚ blogs‚ dictionaries‚ journals‚ articles‚ etc. With so much information available ethics (correct conduct when using this information) comes into play. One of the most common issues is Plagiarism. Plagiarism is when one uses another’s information and/or ideas without properly citing and crediting
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Saving a Life: Blood Donation Deana Taylor February 8‚ 2013 I. Introduction A. Attention-Getter- Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines blood as‚ “the fluid that circulates in the heart‚ arteries‚ capillaries‚ and veins of a vertebrate animal carrying nourishment and oxygen to and bringing away waste products from all parts of the body.” Blood is the essence of life itself created in our own bodies in the bone marrow. B. Blood donation is a relatively simple process that can save lives
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Blood doping is a way to enhance your athletic ability illegally. Although this is not as common as steroids‚ or other drugs‚ blood doping is still a serious threat to an athlete’s body if done wrong‚ or overused. Blood doping is most easily explained as an athlete getting extra red blood cells to increase their stamina. This process is as complicated as it sounds‚ with many different things that could go wrong. To first start out this process you would have to have a trustworthy doctor‚ or somebody
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minute of every day‚ someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor‚ a person like oneself who makes the choice to donate. When one makes a blood donation‚ they are joining a very select group. Currently only three out of every one hundred people in America donate blood. From its beginning‚ the American Red Cross has formed a community of service‚ of generous‚ strong‚ and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American Red Cross blood donor embodies this principle
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