Subscribe to our newsletter. Maybe you donate every year when the Bloodmobile visits your church or synagogue or during a blood drive at your workplace. Or maybe you donate at the community blood bank or the blood center of a local hospital. It's very possible you ve never donated blood.
Some people say they re too busy.
Others are afraid of needles, they don't want to feel sick afterwards, or they're concerned about catching a disease. The average heart surgery patient needs about six pints of blood. A burn victim may need 20 pints of platelets during treatment. One out of 10 hospital patients needs blood. Donating blood may prevent heart attacks .