Donating Blood

[Titan]

I wish to donate blood, and am 16, but the state I live in(vermont) currently requires me to be 17 to donate blood.
This may seem like a weird place to ask but my I couldn't find anything sooo....
Can I go to another state(New Hampshire) with different laws(age 16 with parents consent) and donate blood, or do I have to be a resident of the state?
Or will I have to wait until i'm 17?(or if they ever pass the 16 age limit for vermont legislation)

Might as well turn this into a discussion anyways.(Have you donated,blood type, etc)

[Lingus]

It doesn't seem like it would depend on state of residence. To be sure though, you might try calling Red Cross. Here's the website: http://www.redcrossblood.org/

I've given blood once before in High School. Wasn't a great experience. Needles don't bother me, but after giving blood I was extremely dizzy.

So what inspired you to donate?

[EpicPhailure]

Just on the subject of blood, what type are you?

[Titan]

It doesn't seem like it would depend on state of residence. To be sure though, you might try calling Red Cross. Here's the website: http://www.redcrossblood.org/

I've given blood once before in High School. Wasn't a great experience. Needles don't bother me, but after giving blood I was extremely dizzy.

So what inspired you to donate?

I went to the red cross site and it said you needed to be age 17 in Vermont.

I don't know what really inspired me to donate. We were talking about genetics and blood in science and donating, and it just seemed like a good thing to do.

And @ epic I don't really know, I think i'm b+ or b-

[Scotty]

I fully support anyone and THANK them for doing so.  As far as your situation, I dunno.  Meiun lives in NH, so you might PM him and ask him what the legal age is for donating, and I'm sure he'd answer if he knew.

I've been donating since High School, and while I may not be in their standards for donating now (my lifestyles, and awful addictions and all), I know FIRST HAND what donating blood does.  I can say with pride that I actually saved the life of a fellow Marine who was involved in an attack north of Fallujah, Iraq in 2006, and I was asked (alongside with others) to donate blood since their was a shortage at the clinic.  I had a pint sucked straight out of me, and pumped into the other guy, after he lost so much in his injuries.  It saved his life, and he still claims he owes me one (even though a cold six pack would've sufficed).  It saves lives, and since I got to witness it first hand, I know what it means to donate.  I ask to anyone, who meets the red cross standards, to donate, and do it whenever possible.  You may not know who it is that depends on it, but for the love of God, they WANT to know who's blood pumps through their veins when they need it most, so they know who to thank.  Likelihood of them ever knowing, probably nil, but they know that someone generous enough saved their life, and they wouldn't be alive today without it!

[DarkTrinity]

I have a fear of needles being shoved in my arms... shots are okay cause they only last a few seconds... IVs and donating blood are in there for longer :X  But I give props to anyone who donates blood...
My last year in highschool I was considering donating, but supposedly youre not supposed to donate like 6 months or something after you've gotten a tattoo... at least thats what I was told. So I was out...

[Jake]

I can't donate because I went to Haiti! That's what I was told.

[ARTgames]

And why were you in Haiti?

[stick d00d]

Im guessing it had something to do with the earthquake?

[Jake]

The same reason anyone goes there. Hot girls and food.

I went there before the earthquake. Recently found out though that the place I stayed in is completely demolished.

[Torch]

I would rethink your choice to donate blood. Donating blood can cause blood disease and (obviously) blood deficiency.

If blood is a valuable medicine at cost for someone to donate, it should have monetary value. I would like to be paid for my blood.

[Titan]

I would rethink your choice to donate blood. Donating blood can cause blood disease and (obviously) blood deficiency.

If blood is a valuable medicine at cost for someone to donate, it should have monetary value. I would like to be paid for my blood.

Nope, completly wrong.
They use a sterile needle,and throw it away,they also test your blood for disease, and only take 1 pint.
The average adult has 10-12 pints of blood, and losing one should not affect them serously.
You can also only donate blood every 56 days.

Asking for money for your blood is selfish, and you would never get paid unless you have o-.
The blood you donate can save lives of people(up to 3 i've heard)

[Torch]

I would rethink your choice to donate blood. Donating blood can cause blood disease and (obviously) blood deficiency.

If blood is a valuable medicine at cost for someone to donate, it should have monetary value. I would like to be paid for my blood.

Nope, completly wrong.
They use a sterile needle,and throw it away,they also test your blood for disease, and only take 1 pint.
The average adult has 10-12 pints of blood, and losing one should not affect them serously.
You can also only donate blood every 56 days.

Asking for money for your blood is selfish, and you would never get paid unless you have o-.
The blood you donate can save lives of people(up to 3 i've heard)

While sterile needle's greatly reduce the risk of blood disease, mistakes can be made and there is still a risk. Blood donation can also cause dizziness, feeling ill, and fainting.

The monetary value of blood is low right now, simply because people are willing to give blood for free. There's nothing selfish about selling something that you own. I don't see how selling blood is any more selfish than a pharmacy selling medicine.

[Titan]

I would rethink your choice to donate blood. Donating blood can cause blood disease and (obviously) blood deficiency.

If blood is a valuable medicine at cost for someone to donate, it should have monetary value. I would like to be paid for my blood.

Nope, completly wrong.
They use a sterile needle,and throw it away,they also test your blood for disease, and only take 1 pint.
The average adult has 10-12 pints of blood, and losing one should not affect them serously.
You can also only donate blood every 56 days.

Asking for money for your blood is selfish, and you would never get paid unless you have o-.
The blood you donate can save lives of people(up to 3 i've heard)

While sterile needle's greatly reduce the risk of blood disease, mistakes can be made and there is still a risk. Blood donation can also cause dizziness, feeling ill, and fainting.
The monetary value of blood is low right now, simply because people are willing to give blood for free. There's nothing selfish about selling something that you own. I don't see how selling blood is any more selfish than a pharmacy selling medicine.

And thats why they keep you around for 15 minutes or so afterwords.
And it is selfish, pharmacy's don'thave the option to just away medicine, the medical companys have to pay to make medicine.
Your body automaticly makes blood. 

And also theres no risk of getting blood diease, they don't make mistakes.
Find me a few stories about people donating blood(not getting blood) that have gotten blood disease.

[Jake]

There is a risk of getting a disease transferred by blood, but the chances of that happening are so low that it's really not something you should worry about at all. The chances are much greater that you'd die in a car crash on the way to donate blood.