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Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise

OKLAHOMA BLOOD INSTITUTE

Blood donors help reach trauma care goal


OKLAHOMA CITY Emer- O-negative blood supply, and of emergency care for trauma they are right there on the scene
gency air transportation is an Oklahoma donors answered victims and they responded with emergency responders.
important part of trauma care, the call. like Oklahomans always do in Headquartered in Oklahoma
especially in a rural state like To say this was a daunting times of need, Armitage said. City, OBI is the ninth-largest
Oklahoma. While air ambu- challenge is an understate- We can now say, because of our nonprofit blood center in the
lances have been carrying ment, Armitage said. The donors, this life-saving blood is United States. Each day, its
patients across the state for need for O-negative is great, available at every scene, every staff recruits an average of 1,200
years, a crucial live-saving tool, but the supply is not. Only 7 time. volunteer blood donors to save
O-negative blood, has often percent of the population has Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb was on lives across the state. Patients in
been unavailable. this blood type. We started this hand to help OBI launch this more than 160 Oklahoma hospi-
But, not any more. initiative last summer because O-negative effort and joined the tals and air ambulance services,
The Oklahoma Blood Insti- our O-negative inventory did blood center in calling on donors including all hospitals in central
tute announced this week that, not allow us to fully supply our to help fill the need. Oklahoma, rely exclusively on
thanks to Oklahoma donors, a states air ambulances. We knew I am thankful for and proud blood provided through Okla-
full supply of O-negative blood that must change. of the thousands of blood donors homas locally-led blood center.
is now available for all 24 of the At the time, only one of Okla- who answered the call of OBI. OBI employs 700 staff and is the
states air ambulances. Because homas air ambulances took to Lamb said. These donors have states largest biotechnology
anyone can receive O-negative the skies with the recommended shown the true meaning of the organization.
blood regardless of their own two units of O-negative blood. Oklahoma Standard with their OBI blood donation centers
blood type, this universal life Eighteen were flying with one contributions. are located in Oklahoma City,
saver is critical in trauma care. unit of O-negative and one unit Armitage said Oklahoma Ada, Ardmore, Edmond, Enid,
Last summer, Dr. John Armit- of O-positive and four were blood donors are a vital part of Lawton, Norman and Tulsa.
age, OBIs president and CEO, forced make due with no blood the states trauma care system. To schedule an appointment to
launched an initiative to set a at all. Our donors save lives, donate or find a blood drive in
higher standard of emergency We called on our donors to Armitage said. They may not be your area, call 877-340-8777 or
care by increasing the states help us set a higher standard paramedics, but when they give, visit www.obi.org.

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