How to prepare for your first platelet donation

If you’re a new platelet donor or considering making your first platelet donation, this video is for you! Check out these tips for a successful and comfortable first platelet donation from Dr. Baia Lasky, a Red Cross medical director.


By giving platelets, you can play a direct role in helping patients kick cancer and recover from illnesses and traumatic injuries.

[thatguy]

Also, try not to stay up late watching platelet donation YouTubes at 2:30 in the morning. Like I'm doing now.

[l.a.raustadt]

Today after blood donations will try platelet donation. Good nights sleep, well rested, early up and eat healthy, drinking water early and just getting prepped to be there ready to go. I love the Red Cross as they truly help everyone who needs them!

[PeterRoos]

Terrific video. I am regular platelet donor, every two weeks. Hydrate before donations, eat well. And importantly, plan to choose what Netflix show you want to watch, in advance. The options these days are limitless. I personally lean towards South Korean shows, they are the best.

[jameslinkous]

I completed about 80% of a collection yesterday. Something I didn't know before hand -- and don't see here or elsewhere -- was that at OneBlood here in Orlando I had to squeeze a rubber bulb, similar in practice to a tennis ball, every five seconds for the entire duration of collection. This is apparently necessary to keep the take-up vein open. That's a LoT more effort than noted anywhere I've seen, and when my hand began cramping at 80 minutes the apheresis machine began going into an alarm mode, and eventually I stopped. I may try again, since the need is great, but it was not remotely the relaxing experience described.

[PraveenSrJ]

I’m donating platelets today on Sunday, March 17th 2024 at the American 🇺🇸 Red Cross in Cary. I’m both excited and nervous about it.

[kevinstanton]

Why isn't your 1800 number open on a Sunday night, because my health insurance nurse line didn't know anything about how to treat a bad cut after donating platelets?

[austintv]

Hello gud day, can i donate platelets again every 15 days? because my friend need platelets, Tnx

[Vikingkween]

I donated today and unfortunately it will be my first and last. Oh boy, did I he sick.

[patrickritter]

ATTENTION Dr. Baia Lasky, , do you have a video of you yourself donating platelets with the needles going in your veins and the whole procedure of the platelet donation of you yourself donating that would be a cool educational video of the prosess

[rainbowmixture]

Can we bring someone with us to sit with us? Like a friend?

[Emma-cjmo]

Hey Red Cross- can we donate the same day as a covid vaccination?

[arijitsaha]

Ma'am, how many days after donating blood platelets can be donated?

[patrickritter]

Patrick Ritter
3 months ago
ATTENTION Dr. Baia Lasky, , do you have a video of you yourself donating platelets with the needles going in your veins and the whole procedure of the platelet donation of you yourself donating that would be a cool educational video of the prosess

[bodontknowsuperbowl]

This is old information. They now take it out of and put it back into the same arm - one needle.

[miguelc]

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They got him unable to communicate
‘ Patrick carpenter ‘
Then michale joffee
They did the same kind of surgery’
They can’t remember there own name and stuff ‘ went to go see him and they said I needed an ID to get to see him ‘ saw some pictures and looks all bad
They said he’s gonna need a plate on his head ….
Is there a way to get the timezones schedule ‘ to see if there’s any correlations ‘ his cousins in Ohio Cody emphasize he wasn’t gonna make it ‘
With one of her friends ‘ ‘
I think he might need a voice box or speech synthesizer to communicate ‘
And michale joffee had something happend to him when he was watching TV ‘ ‘ they had him in similar sergury’

His friend Bobby and jay been up there too see how he doing ‘
The video looks ‘ bad
Do they allow people to bring clothes to Patrick when in the hospital ‘.

[loveforangiellee]

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