Transcript AVISperMedie - Avis Vedano al Lambro

Knowing us
Info on
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its purposes and its aims
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Comunale di Vedano al Lambro
Via S. Stefano 71 - 20057 Vedano al Lambro
Tel. 0392495748 Cell. 3293887407
E-mail [email protected]
http://www.avisvedanoallambro.org
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CONTENTS
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Outlines of transfusions.
Donating blood
AVIS in Italy
AVIS at Vedano al Lambro
AVIS
what is it and what does it do?
Who are the donors?
How and why we can donate blood?
Apprehension of donors.
The cost of blood.
Values of solidarity and of donating.
Became a donor.
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Outlines of transfusions:
Blood in ancient times.
 A symbol of life or death.
 Every civilization has attributed beneficial or evil powers to blood.
 Offering blood to the gods was a way of thanking them and
of guaranteeing oneself survival.
 The ancient Egyptian priests
resorted to blood in order to give
new youth to their principles.
 The ancient Romans believed they
could conquer old age by
substituting the fatigued blood of old
people with the blood of strong and
well-built young men.
IPPOCRATES (460-377 B.C.)
was the first person to come across the existence of arteries and
veins but he thought they carried air.
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Outlines of transfusions:
Blood in ancient times.
GALEN (129-201 a.D.)
believed that blood was produced by the liver. .
The period in which blood – even
considered to be the dwelling place of the
soul – was ascribed with mysterious and
magical powers, lasted until the Renaissance.
In a well-known treatise, William HARVEY (1578-1657),
an English anatomist, maintained that the circulation
of blood took place in a closed circuit;
he studied the heart’s movement.
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Outlines of transfusions:
Blood in ancient times.
Antony van LEEUWENHOEK (1632-1723),
a Dutch naturalist, was one of the founders of microscopy.
He was the first person to describe red blood cells in details.
The first transfusions of blood from animals to
human beings took place in France in 1667.
In Italy, it was the astronomer from Bologna,
Cassini, who carried out successfully
the first transfusion from one animal to another.
Marcello MALPIGHI (1627-1694),
a doctor and a naturalist, studied the human body through
a microscope and noted the existence of capillaries.
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Outlines of transfusions:
Blood in ancient times.
In 1819 Blundel started off the ‘practical’ period of blood transfusions
with the first human experience.
Making use of the blood of two male donors, he operated a woman
who suffered post-partum haemorrhage.
Karl LANDSTEINER (1868-1943)
discovered blood groups at the beginning of the
20th Century and the Rhesus factor in 1940. In
1930 he was awarded the Nobel prize for Medicine.
Blood transfusions have been
practically safe ever since.
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The gift of blood is
free
anonymous
responsible
voluntary
associative
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Donating blood
is
anonymous
Donors are not aware of who
receives their blood; recipients
themselves are not aware of who
donated the blood they receive.
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There
is no payment
for the donating of blood
Neither money nor honour are
foreseen, just inner gratification, deep
joy with the consciousness that our
deed, humble but heartfelt, can be of
help to others.
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Donating blood
is
voluntary.
It is a personal option.
We are not obliged to donate
blood. We do so because we put
an instrument of invaluable
human solidarity at the disposal
of the community, hence of
others.
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Donating blood
is a
responsible act
We are aware of our act.
We do not wish to cause damage to
the recipient, that is why we strive to
be in good health.
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Donating blood
is
associative
It is by now necessary to donate blood
periodically. In so doing, donors’
health is under control and their blood
is ‘safe’. Furthermore, associative
blood donors have the possibility of
leaving their mark on society for the
achievement of Self-sufficiency.
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In ITALY
Avis has been founded in 1927 in Milano by Dr. Vittorio Formentano.
He, with a first group of 17 volunteers, founded AVIS.
The volunteers where available:
• to answer to urgent call;
• to be controlled either in type of blood and in their health;
• to fight to defeat the plague of blood selling.
In 2008:
in Italy 1,111,071 donors have given 1,949,793 bags;
in Lombardy 230,343 donors have given 487,948 bags (25,02 %);
in Milano province the bags collected where 145,297
with 67,491 donors.
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members
donor
members
1.323.987
16.154
15.578
24.467
591.001
17.045
16.554
23.599
Calabria
2.007.707
29.132
28.937
44.982
Campania
5.811.390
55.898
55.767
74.945
Emilia Romagna
4.275.802
145.994
141.612
268.117
Friuli Venezia Giulia
1.222.061
8.226
8.226
11.118
Lazio
5.561.017
54.433
48.292
71.047
Liguria
1.609.822
21.210
18.856
29.851
Lombardia
9.642.406
240.655
230.343
487.948
Marche
1.553.063
46.323
45.131
93.109
320.838
8.540
8.540
11.724
4.401.266
115.617
110.559
197.015
Prov. Aut. Bolzano
497.240
16.808
16.680
27.426
513.357
14.610
14.360
20.198
Regional Council
Abruzzo
Basilicata
IN ITALY
Molise
Piemonte
Population
donation
amount
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Regional Council
108
Province Council
Prov. Aut. Trento
3166
Municipal centers
Puglia
4.076.546
47.289
46.135
69.009
Sardegna
1.665.617
29.050
27.582
38.099
Sicilia
5.029.683
61.692
61.692
92.418
Toscana
3.677.048
70.289
67.905
107.948
Umbria
884.450
27.600
26.571
38.313
Valle d'Aosta
125.979
4.221
3.819
7.087
4.832.340
125.500
116.820
209.684
59.622.620
1.156.286
1.109.959
1.948.104
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1.474
1.112
1.689
59.622.620
1.157.760
1.111.071
1.949.793
Veneto
Italian Total
Svizzera
Totai
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Donations of the various AVIS branches in Lombardy
subdivided per province – 2008
Province
Council
Municipal
centers
donor members
donation
amount
Bergamo
154
30.749
65.092
Brescia
101
30.219
60.618
Como
21
14.656
9.685
Cremona
52
15.915
36.201
Lecco
19
11.946
27.696
Lodi
13
6.524
16.707
Mantova
93
14.906
31.811
Milano
120
67.491
145.297
Pavia
20
8.571
18.510
Sondrio
8
6.831
11.963
Varese
44
22.535
44.368
Totale
645
230.343
467.948
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In Vedano al Lambro,
the office is in via S. Stefano 71;
it’s open to everybody every tuesday from 9 p.m.
Municipal AVIS of Vedano al Lambro started in 1965.
In 1999 the objective of 10.000 donations has been reached.
In 2001 the monument to Solidarity has been inaugurated in
piazza Repubblica.
During 2009
• we collected 783 bags of blood from 381
active donors (233 male and 148 female);
• donors have been 351;
• 40new donors and 22 retired.
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at Vedano al Lambro
Organization and Activities
● A Board, made up of 12 members nominated in the course of a
member meeting occurring every 4 years, sees to the management of
the municipal branch.
● The secretary’s office gets in touch with donors every 3 to 6 months
in order to agree upon the date of when they should next donate blood.
● The division carries out promotional activities in order to find new
donors; it organizes evenings on medical topics in order to popularize
health awareness; it takes an active part in the activities that the diverse
associations organize in the area [e.g.: Carnival, The Day of the
Disabled – organized by the ‘Friends’ of UNITALSI (Italian National
Union for the Transport of the Sick to Lourdes and to International
Shrines, etc.)].
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AVIS
ITALIAN ASSOCIATION of
VOLUNTEERS for BLOOD
What is it about?
An association of volunteers;in fact,
the blood donors are volunteers,
its executives are volunteers.
Outlook
(what we are out for in favour of the community)
AVIS hopes for a united society,
capable of guaranteeing all citizens with
optimum health and wellbeing conditions.
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AVIS
ITALIAN ASSOCIATION of
VOLUNTEERS for BLOOD
The mission
(what we do to achieve our set aims)
The aim of AVIS is to promote the
voluntary – as well as periodical,
associated, unpaid, anonymous and
mindful – donating of blood
(whole and/or a fraction of it),
taken as a unitary and universal value,
an expression of solidarity and public spirit.
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AVIS
ITALIAN ASSOCIATION of
VOLUNTEERS for BLOOD
The values
Solidarity (aware of what donating means),
unselfishness, safeguarding the right to
good health, public spirit, respect,
fairness, democratic feelings, equality.
Ethic principles
Anonymousness, free (non-profit),
social and civil participation (voluntary work),
no discrimination (of sex, race, language,
nationality, religion, political creed).
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AVIS
ITALIAN ASSOCIATION of
VOLUNTEERS for BLOOD
The objectives
● Meeting with the health needs of citizens fostering:
– Self-sufficiency at a national level as far as blood
and derivates are concerned.
– The utmost safety in transfusions, safeguarding
the right to the good health of donors and recipients alike.
– An optimum use of blood.
● As well as AVIS,
promoting information and education on the citizens’ health,
the development of volunteer work, the sense of association
and of international cooperation.
● Fostering the development of voluntary, periodical,
associated, unpaid, anonymous and mindful donating,
at a community and international level.
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From articles of
the Association
AVIS is:
• non-party,
• non-denominational .
AVIS
does not approve of discriminations:
• of sex,
• of race,
• of language,
• of religion,
• of political faith.
AVIS is non-profit-making.
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Who are the blood-donors?
They are very normal people:
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with more than 18 years;
with more than 50 Kg;
in good health;
with less than 65 years.
The interview with phisician
and special laboratory tests
verify every time the ability
to the donation.
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How does the actual
donating of blood
take place?
At first, blood transfusions were carried out from
one arm to another by connecting one vein to another.
After the discovery of anticoagulants,
at present blood may be stored and
transported.
The donating of blood is carried out
at equipped centres, in hospitals,
where the utmost safety for donors
and recipients alike is guaranteed.
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What are the reasons
for donating blood?
Because this means we can save human lives.
Because this means we put an instrument of invaluable
human solidarity at the disposal of the community,
hence of others.
Because this fulfils our civic sense of helping those
in need.
Because this allows for the achieving of
the objective of national self-sufficiency,
thus closing the gap between the
collecting of blood and the actual need
of blood in the various regions.
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What are the reasons
for donating blood?
Because donating blood is:
an option in favour of others and
an option in favour of ourselves.
Donating blood regularly ensures the donors a constant
check on their health conditions by means of medical
visits and thorough laboratory tests carried out each time
blood is drawn. Donors thus have the possibility to get to
know their organism and to lead a peaceful life, aware that a
valid early diagnosis will avoid the worsening of latent
ailments.
For AVIS safeguarding the health of
donors is of paramount importance.
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Is the donating of blood harmful
or painful? Absolutely not!
For an adult in good health
the donation does not bring any risk.
The law regulating the blood donation says that:
- the quantity of blood to be drawn is 450 cm3, equal to the 10% of the total;
- the interval between two donations must not be under 90 days for
men and 180 for fertile women
- the controls and the periodic visits constitute preventive medicine
for the health of the donor
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Is the donating of blood harmful
or painful? Absolutely not!
Donating blood does not involve any risk for healthy and eligible
adults.
Law regulates the collecting of blood and establishes that:
• the quantity of blood to be drawn is 450 cm³, corresponding to
About 10% of the total;
• the lapse of time between two donating sessions is not to be less
than 90 days for men and 180 days for women at a child-bearing age;
• checks and periodical visits account for preventive medicine
safeguarding donors’ health conditions.
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What are the ‘products’
of blood used for?
•Whole blood: It is rarely made use of (massive haemorrhages).
•Concentrate of red blood cells: These are made use of in various types of
anaemia, both acute (serious haemorrhages due to traumas, intestinal
haemorrhages, urgent surgical operations, etc.) and chronic (various types of
leukaemia, neoplasia and thalassaemia).
•Concentrate of platelets: This is made use of in the treatment of serious
alterations of quantity (a reduction of their number) or of the quality of these
cells (e.g.: in individuals struck by leukaemia or by marrow aplasia, whose
marrow does not produce platelets).
•Plasma for clinical use: This is made use of for the serious alterations of
coagulation, in the presence of or with a serious risk of haemorrhages which are
not rectifiable with the use of plasma factors obtained by means of the industrial
processing of plasma.
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What are the ‘products’
of blood useful for?
• Albumin: This is useful for raising blood pressure in the case of widespread
oedemas or of a serious reduction of arterial pressure.
It is obtained by industrially processing plasma.
• Non specific immunoglobulin: These products, too, are derived from the
industrial processing of plasma.
They are made use of to counter serious infections.
• Specific factors of coagulation: A series of life-saving products deriving
from the industrial processing of plasma. They are essential for healing
haemorrhages that follow a congenital lack of theirs, as with haemophilias.
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Apprehension of donors.
When people make up their mind to donate blood, they are
carrying out a sort of act of force against themselves.
It is not so natural to have a vein of ours pierced and to
let a good amount of blood leave our system without
being apprehensive!!
Worrying about our health?
The rule is that the drawing of blood must not
damage the person’s health.
A medical visit and thorough clinical tests
account for a valid guarantee safeguarding health
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Apprehension of donors.
Worrying about having too much blood drawn out of our system?
The quantity of blood drawn is minimum;
in a matter of hours our organism regenerates it.
Worrying about the needle and about the venous injection?
The skill of the medical staff and the quality
of the instruments render the process painless.
Worrying over the sight of blood?
There is no ‘bloodshed’ and donors
can always look in the opposite direction.
Anyhow, the sacs and the tubes are opaque.
Worrying about fainting?
Following the doctor’s advice, resting awhile
on the couch afterwards and drinking fruit
juice avert the risk.
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The cost of blood.
The blood leaving our vein and entering the plastic sac carries no
cost since the donor does not receive any payment for
donating blood.
The costs incurred by the community concern:
● The assisting medical staff.
● The sac for the preserving of the blood, the set
of needles for drawing the blood and all the
necessary equipment for the checks.
● Laboratory tests for viral research in safeguarding
the recipient’s health.
● Checks on the donor’s health.
● Separating operations and the preparation of
derivates for prompt use.
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The cost of blood.
For years associations of donors have battled against those
who gave their blood and were paid for it. In Italy the Law
punishes all those who draw, provide, collect, preserve or
distribute human blood that is purchased.
In several nations not only is the payment for the sale of
blood tolerated but also explicitly allowed.
In the USA, in various towns along the border with Mexico,
a great deal of ‘commuters of red blood cells’ – persons
who are unemployed, poor and sometimes drug addicts – cross
the border in order to make money with the sale of their own blood.
Half of the American production of blood is then exported.
In India, there are innumerable donors who maintain their families
by having their blood drawn 2 or 3 times a week.
All this triggers off an adverse process of
speculation on man’s health.
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VALUES of SOLIDARITY
and of DONATION
Speaking of AVIS, we speak of solidarity. Why?
Because solidarity means to join with a moral bond everyone of
us to the society we are part of.
Our deed, the gift of blood, may save a life.
Do not forget that blood is a natural “product”, which cannot
be artificially reproduced and is indispensable for life.
The blood is renewable and it is therefore possible to deprive
ourselves of a small quantity without damages, because the
organism restores it quickly.
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VALUES of SOLIDARITY
and of DONATION
Then we wonder: what we get back?
Neither money nor honour are foreseen, just internal satisfaction,
a deep joy with the consciousness that our deed, humble but
sincere, can help who needs.
After every donation we feel ourselves satisfied by the deed done.
Remember that:
“THE REALLY POOR MAN IS WHO DOES NOT KNOW TO GIVE”.
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Become a donor.
Together with recipients, those persons
who decide to become blood donors,
establish an agreement of trust
whose intermediary is the transfusion
system.
The basics of this agreement are set out
in the responsibility of donors who
vouch for their own life-style and for
their clinical history, as well as in the
professional competence of doctors
assigned to the collecting of blood, in
safeguarding their health.
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Become a donor.
MEMBERSHIP FORM
Surname:...............................
Name...........................
Surname of spouse:.............................
Born in:.......................................... Province: ........
On: .................…
Residing at:..................................................…. Postcode: ..................…...
Street/Square:.................................................................. Nr. ................…..
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Herewith applies to join AVIS as
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…NOW YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU HAVE TO….……
Bye Bye and…
see you soon
… KNOW ABOUT BLOOD
AND DONATION….…
…THUS ENROLL IN AVIS
AND ASK YOUR FRIENDS
TO DO THE SAME.
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Knowing us
Realized for AVIS Vedano al Lambro
Via S. Stefano, 71
20057 Vedano al Lambro
Tel 0392495748. Cell.3293887407
E-mail [email protected]
http://www.avisvedanoallambro.org
by:
• Project:
Mario Brambilla
• Translation:
• Tests Correction :
• Tecnical Support :
W.A. Gulia – Oxford Group
Patrizia Lecchi
Manuele Brambilla
Text and pictures taken from: AVIS
pamphlets and manuals
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