...So here is a Question " Do you know your...... BLOOD TYPE........"
After watching a Shoot-em-up movie....and watching the soldiers..aka, [ACTORS].... writing there blood type on a piece of duct tape and putting it on the boot....
I thought, how many of us know our blood type and if you do where do you have it..Is it marked down ? so it would be easily found if you are incapacitated..
Better to have it and not need it; then to need it and not have it...
Oh ya, O Rh+ , donated blood and have a red cross card in wallet
It is a good idea to have knowledge of your blood type on your person. The reality is that no hospital will transfuse anyone without typing and crossmatching first. This is to ensure compatability. In the rare instance where they HAVE to give you blood they will give you uncrossmatched type O blood.
JAB
I know my blood type, my driving license has it written.
There was an article in some paper where some one suggested, that blood type should be a mandatory tattoo. Might be something to that Idea.
"We 'Prep.' to live after a downfall, Not just to survive."
A great thing about knowing your blood type is if you travel. If you are O negative but you visit China, where only .5% of the population has this blood type, you would not be receiving O- blood by default due to short supply. So, if you were in a car accident and you needed blood, they would have plently of O+, A+, B+ etc, but very little O- and you would have a high likelyhood of bleeding to death considering you can ONLY take O-... UNLESS, you sign up for one of the international traveler blood type registrations. I am not sure who usually hosts them, maybe red cross, but essentially if you are traveling to, lets say China again, you would register you contact information along with blood type. Once in China, if you are injured and need blood they would contact all other international individuals with your blood type to ask if they can assist. If someone else is injured with your blood type, they contact you. You are expected to assist if you are within distance. It is a great system and could EASILY save your life. The only other option in most asian countries is to put coconut water instead of blood. I believe it is the only substitute in the world for blood that works in the human body. Hope this helps!
I am O- by the way 🙂
B- the blood bank loves to see me. I'm one of the rare types