
{"id":2932,"date":"2008-07-03T09:27:47","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2008-07-03T09:27:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:27:47","slug":"platelets-urgently-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2008\/07\/03\/platelets-urgently-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Platelets urgently needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Hospitals is urgently seeking platelet donors. Because of two patients in critical condition, platelets are in high demand. Donation typically takes about two and a half hours. Donors are usually given snacks and shown a movie. The donated platelet supply is then administered to patients with cancer, liver disease and transplanted organs; premature babies; trauma and burn patients; and patients undergoing open-heart surgery.<!--more--><br \/>\nTo be eligible to donate:<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 You must weigh at least 110 pounds and be 17 years old.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 You must bring a photo ID with you when you donate.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 You will have to pass a mini physical. This includes having your blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron levels checked.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 If you have traveled outside the U.S. or Canada you must say where you went, when you went and how long you were there.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 If you are on any medications, you should call before coming in, as you may be deferred.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00b7 Finally, you should be feeling well the day of your donation and have been healthy for at least three days prior to that.<br \/>\nDonated platelets are good for only five days, so donations are constantly needed. To schedule a donation appointment, please call 966-2370.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Hospitals is urgently seeking platelet donors. Because of two patients in critical condition, platelets are in high demand. Donation typically takes about two and a half hours. Donors are usually given snacks and shown a movie. The donated platelet supply is then administered to patients with cancer, liver disease and transplanted organs; premature babies;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}