about iadt blood donation awareness project
about iadt blood donation awareness project
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There are a variety of reasons behind our group undertaking the IADT BLOOD DONATION AWARENESS PROJECT. In March 2018, my daughter was born with a severe case of jaundice, and required an Exchange Transfusion from the first minute she was born. Exchange Transfusion is a potentially life-saving procedure that is undertaken to counteract the effects of serious jaundice or changes in the blood. The procedure involves slowly removing a person's blood and replacing it with fresh donor blood or plasma. The later the procedure is done, the higher the life-threatening risks are. Due to an acute shortage in blood donors, my daughter was at critical life-threatening risk for more than eight hours. Thankfully, even though the procedure was delayed because of blood shortages, the Exchange Transfusion procedure was successful, and my daughter made a full recovery.
Blood shortages in Ireland
Reports from Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) suggest that the number of new donors attending clinics across the country fell by a fifth between 2010 and 2015, with a quarter fewer people aged 18 to 35 donating blood last year compared with 2010. Additionally, blood donations in Ireland have fallen 21% in five years. This downward trend continued into 2018. As a group we decided that our aim would be to increase blood donation awareness among third level students, beginning with students in IADT.
In September 2018, our group had a preliminary meeting at IBTS (Irish Blood Transfusion Service) Ireland with the Research Officer/Librarian Niamh O’Sullivan and Marketing Executive Niamh Donnelly, it was agreed that the project can be feasible and would make a great impact on third level students in relation to the blood donation awareness.
Survey-research based data, conducted at IADT Dun Laoghaire, confirmed the donation trends highlighted by IBTS. Furthermore, the survey results highlighted a lack of awareness about blood donation at third level. Fewer people aged 18 to 35 are donating blood because of lack of knowledge regarding blood donation procedures.
The nature of this project is to raise awareness for blood donations, to ultimately entice more people to donate blood, and to increase the amount of annual blood donations among Irish third level students.
the iadt team behind the project
the iadt team behind the project
Mihai Cozan
Mihai Cozan
Father of a beautiful and healthy baby girl born in 2018 and third year Bachelor of Business in Applied Entrepreneurship student at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. A meticulous, reliable, enthusiastic, punctual and creative character who can communicate very well with people no matter what level; an understanding nature and non - judgemental supportive individual, who people can confide in.
Jack Maverley
Jack Maverley
A young inspiring entrepreneur currently a third year Bachelor of Business in Applied Entrepreneurship student at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. A creative, enthusiastic, organized, hard worker who despite a young age specializes in events with experience under Facebook, Google and other international organizations. A keen entrepreneur from a young age with first entrepreneurial venture at the age of 12.
Max Grimes
Max Grimes
A 3rd-year student of Business in Applied Entrepreneurship at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. A passionate, driven and results-oriented individual with experience in managing relationships with clients and communicating key information effectively; deeply committed to making a positive impact on the blood stocks in Ireland.
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