Through these Services, the Red Cross educates employees and citizens to prevent and properly respond to medical emergencies.
Participants learn from class discussion, real life video segments and hands-on practice sessions.
Where certification is required it is provided upon satisfactory completion of written testing and skills performance. The mission is to fulfill the needs of the American people for the safest, most reliable, most cost-effective blood, plasma and tissue services through voluntary donations. Over 120 Red Cross blood drives are held at local businesses and organizations throughout the Chapter s jurisdiction. Thirty-seven Red Cross blood regions provide blood products to patients in more than 3,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide. Approximately 5,000 units are collected annually in this Chapter alone.