8 June 2023
We went on a learning journey to Bloodbank@HSA and learnt many interesting facts:
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a bag of blood can save up to three lives
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there are 4 types of blood A, B, AB, O
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donated blood are used in surgery, general medicine , blood diseases, accident and emergency
Us learning more about blood
After that, we engaged in role play and took turn to be doctor, nurse and blood donor.
Role of a doctor:
To check temperature and blood pressure of blood donor as well as to ensure the blood donor is fit to donate blood.
Doctor checking the temperature of blood donor
Doctor checking blood donor’s blood pressure
Role of nurse:
To monitor and ensure blood donor has a safe donation experience.
Nurse checking on blood donor
Role of blood donor:
Complete questionnaire
Blood donor filling up questionnaire
Beside role play, we also made a visit to the blood bank and toured through the whole process for blood donation.
After that, we ended the learning journey through writing a thank you card for the blood donors in Singapore!
Our messages to all the blood donors:
Thank you for saving lives!
You are so brave!
Thank you for donating blood to save others!
