Hoxworth Blood Center: Summer months are time for vacations, BBQs — and traumas

Get BBQ-ready and save a life this summer when you give blood at your local Hoxworth Blood Center.

“As more people are going out and enjoying summertime leisure activities, our area hospitals are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of traumas resulting from accidents and injuries,” Nicolas said.  “Trauma victims may require a huge number of transfusions—and that is in addition to every day patients who need blood for things like planned surgeries and treatment for cancer.”

Blood banks across the country have issued pleas for blood and platelet donors as the national blood supply has dwindled in recent weeks. Nicolas notes that while Hoxworth’s inventory of blood is healthy at this time, a few traumas could quickly drain the local blood supply.

Hoxworth operates seven Neighborhood Donor Centers in the Tri-State area. Appointments for platelet donations are highly encouraged.  Masks are no longer required by donors.

For more information or to schedule a donation, call Hoxworth at (513) 451-0910 or visit www.hoxworth.org.