The Safety of Blood

        A five-year old girl is riding down the street, on her way to her best friend's house. She doesn't have a care in the world and is quietly humming to herself. Suddenly a car whips around the corner and swerves to avoid the child, but he looses control and squarely hits the girl, causing the her to fall and get trapped between the car and her battered bicycle. A main artery in her leg has …

…when blood is given, the donor gets a wonderful feeling of doing good for someone and can be confident that he or she may have saved a life. So when that little girl arrives at the hospital, unconscious and bleeding, she can be sure that the blood she receives will be safe. Works Cited The Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin, 'Testing Performed on All Blood Donations' 5/96 2 The American Association of Blood Banks, ' Recieving Blood' 1995