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3 f i ~ ~--,----- r f t' y THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY 2Ist, 1943 Need 18 For Many More Donors To -Join In- Great Wor (By Everfftt Marsh!all) Pictureti on these pages are scenes showing successive stages of a donors progress tbrough the lo- cal clinic. Greeted at the entrance by a volunteer receptionist. the donor Is matie to feel at borne and ushereti to tbe registration desit. Af ter registration, be procreeds to a separate room to undergo a medi- cal examination by one of the tioc- tors i attendance, so be will have every assurance be is in a condition to make a donation with complete safety and without ex- peiencing any loss of strengris. Nurses In Charge A nurse leatis the wa-, to a cub- icle where stili another memnber o! the volunteer nursing staff is in constant attentiance tiurlng the en- tire perloti when tbe donation is being matie. Reclining comfortably on the cubicle couch, arma bared above the elbow thie donor awaits the doctor who enters and usuaUly engages In an informai chat wbile making final preparation to insert the needle. Af ter a smaUl local an- aestbetlc. tbe larger neetile is in- sertet i nto a vein at the bend of the elbow so smoothly and pain- lessiy that the donor scarcely~ knows about ItL As he lies on the couch with arm extended, tbe attending- nurse watcbes until the proper amount of blooti bas been drawn, a process that takes less than 10 minutýes in most cases. Af ter tbe neetile Is wtbdrawn andthte vein sealeti up and covereti witb a temporary dressing, tbe nurse smilingly tells hirm that be la ready to leave. Retreshmients After pausing for a f ew moments on the etige o! the coucli, tbe donor la then usbered into a spaclous room artistically tiecorateti witb mural paintings, where be is serv- ed i wth tea, coffee or milk together wth bot toast and jam. The liquiti refresbments quickly replaces the fluld lost tiurlng the donation - actually somewhat less tban a pint -and tbe donor is able to relax and enjoy a amoke if he desires whill chat'"ng with fellow-donors seateti about I comfortable easy chairs. 2n..tonlr.5 evideucc- a desire i don th-cir coats and leave for their piaco 0of employment after a few minutes Ithse refreshment room, but tbey are welcome to stay as long as tbey wish. Quite possily, the donor wIli be seateti near tbe sampies of dricd ser-vm, reposing on tije table nearojy and wblch bold great interest for clonors and other visitors at the clm10. A receptlonlst 13 in attend- ance in thse rest roofn at each clilsic. To obtain tbis fînisheti product, the blooti drawn off into botties is packed by dm10l assistants and shlpped to the Connaught Labora- tories, In Toronto. But before shlpplng, thse blooti Is classl!led and thse type of blooti o! each donor la recorded on bis re- cord bookc andtInl permanent rec- ords of the clinic. This, and much other arduous and exactlng work Js done by volunteer helpers at tihe cllnlc In special roonss wblch the donor does not enter. Socil Atmosphere Although tbhe whlte-clad pisysi- Výýrs and nurses give the ciiP 1 thing of thse appearance of a Hantisome bronze buttons, etigeti with blue anti bearing a Redi Cross as their centrai design, are given to volunteer blood dtonors a! ter they bave matie tbree donations. En- clrcling tbe -cross are the emboss- ed words. "Blooti Donor Service'" to idicate tbat those who wear these buttons bave contributeti a quantity of tbe precious fluli neeti- eti to builti "blooti banka" on al the flgbting fronts. Fpw insignias afford tbe wearer greater sa' isfaction these tiays than tbe Redi Cross Donor buttons, a surprising number of whicb are te be seen on the streets of Oshawa, Ll common witb otber Canadian cities wbicb bave establisheti tonor clinics. Not so common are tbe silver buttons, imilar in design to tbe bronze symbol, but bavlng a silver insteati of bronze background. These striking mementos are given after a donDr bas completeti bis slxtb donation of blooti, anti as time goes on, many more o! tbem will make their appearance i thia community. Officiais at the local clinio feel they are moat fortunate In baving so0 many physiclans anti tralned nurses on their volunteer staff. Behinti the scenes, nutnerous otber assistants carry on necessary duties cf vital importance, net only during clinlos but long after the clinics have endeti. (Above)-Samples of plasma and drled serum, miraculous substance that saives the lives of vlctlms ln ail war theatres. Donons going through thse local ciinic are much Intenested ln seelng these sanipies on dispiay and iearning of the proces lvoived lu their production. AU blooti is typed and ciassifled, recorded lu each donor's record book and in Per' rlnt recordls-« the elin,*. Plctlred doing this work are lis. F. L. Miason andi Mrs. E. A. LoveIL Removlng tublng, needies, etc., sterillzing tops o! botties and pre- pirlng for shlpment te the Connaught Laboratorles, Torouto. This work la done lu a sealeti room under strict hospital procedure to prevent any infection o! blood after being donated. The two nurfes shown are Mrs. C. E. MeLaughlin and Mrs. Ruasei Nesbltt. (5) Dr. F. J. Denevan, chief of staff at the eiinic, assumes the respensibillty of exam- Ining each donor to make sure he la in a fit condition ta make a dofiation without risklng his health or strength ln any way. This examination is entirely for thse protection of the donor. With the fourth donation from ail men, a haemogiob- in test is made to check on thse quaiity and condition of blood; with women donors a haensogiobln test la taken before each donation as a mneasure o! precaution and assurance of safety to thse donor. Pictured wlth Dr. Donevan are two attending nurses, Mrs. Cliff!Pl'amer, and Mus. Ailan W. Grlf. flths. How To Register Men and women between the ages of 21 anti 55 may register as blooti donors. The list o! wo- men donors in Bowmanville district is increasing each week. All you bave to do is register with either o! the Lions listeti berewith on this page. Wbat becomes of tbe dnieti blooti serum wblcb bas been obtaineti !rom Canadian tionors? How Is it belng used anti with wbat resuits? Tbese and similar questions often are asked by donors, and the answers are beglnnig to come i by cable and wire frorn witiely sep- arateti parts of the world. That blood serum from Canada formeti an important part of a re- cent convoy to Malta was the spec- tacular announcement made a !ew weeks ago by Red Cross ofmclals. This "blood bank" obtaineti !rom Canadian donors makes Up a six montbs' supply for thse ernbattied civilians and fightlng forces o! tbe most bombed place on earth, anti littie imagination la needed to re- alize bow welcome h i wili be to medical ofilcers treatlng war vic- tima on tbe Metiterranean island. C.%nadian Serum In Britain A dispatch from Canatilan Red Cross beadquarters i London, Engiand states that the serum fromý Canada la being used wlth great suecess lis the Motberiand. Tbis remarkable substance is used wben preparing patients for the delicate operations performed by the Canadian plastic andi jaw-sur- gery unit overseas. mhis bospitai unit recelves the severely burned anti tisfigured patients of the Ca- nadian army overseas. It was foundti tat the shocked condition resuling from severeJ burns coulti be overcome by trans- fusions o! blooti serum prepareti f rom bloocI donations lns Canada anti otber countries o! the Empire.1 mhe case bistory osf Lance Cor-( poral F. W. Pang, of Vancouver,. wbose face and banda were severeyiy burnet in a gasoline explosion, Jsj a gooti exampie of bow the drieti1 blooti serum works. Wben Pangp reacheti medicai care bis blood pressure was about 30 points below normal, pulse 120, temperature 105 anti bis haemoglc.bin about 30 per- cent above normal. Transfusions of biood serum were macle. Withln two-anc-a-hiait hours bis blooti pressure was nor- mai, bis pulse was near normal, h's temperature haci been reduzed flv; degrees andi bis haemogiobin was normal. Ey alleviatlng the condition off shock, the medical officers were able to continue with their work of bealing the burns, and then, ai ter a series of opearations remov- mng the scars by plastic surgery. Helped St. John's Fire Victiis Victims of the recent lire in St. John's, Newfoundland, were treat- ed with seruns from Canada, ac- cording to Dr. C. H. Best, f amed. Canadian scientist who was asso- ciateti with the late Sir Frederick Banting in the discovery of in- sulin. Continuing his meduçal research activities on behaîf 0f current war victims recently delivered an adi- dress cluring whicb he tuld of thes preparaLion of dried blooti serum. "Tbis program was institutet int Canada at the University of Tor- onto," he said. "The proJeet has developec i nto one osf the major things cf the war and now 7,000 in- divicluai donations a week are be- ing collecteti and processed in Can- ada. There bave 'been many uses of the serum in ail parts of the world and also in treatment of victixns of tbe recent lire in St. John's. Nilti." In the past, reports bave des- cribed bow blood sertum played a, great part in saving lives of Ameni- can troops at Guadalcanal, of Rus- sian soidiers on the eastern front anti of other war victims on ftgbt- ing front througbout the world. Wlth Canadian forces rep3rted. landing in North Africa anti pre- paring for more widespread action in other war theatres, f urtber newa o! how Canadian lives overseas are being saved by transfusions o! ser- um obtalned by tionors In tbe Do- minion will, no tioubt, be fortbcom- lng sbortly. Dlood Donor 'Cilul Sponsored lu Dowmanvlll. Ry The LIONS CLUB PAGE SIX ~* ~ -. .~., ~. * ~ r: ,.. ~q" ~. ~ ~' / Information and Application Forms Obtainable from DR. W. H. BIRKS, STUART R. JAMES and ALEX McGREGOR, Bowmanville -Above Illustrations and Story Courtesy of Oshawa Times-Gazette THURSDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1943