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This works out to .757 HBD/L.

So every 2 whole blood donations you make will save a life! I've been donating for about 10 years now at about 1 donation per 2 months, so that still means 30 lives saved. Still not bad considering how little it really costs me.

This works out to .757 lives saved per donation.

So every 2 whole blood donations you make will save a life! I've been donating for about 10 years now at about 1 donation per 2 months, so that still means more then 30 lives saved. Still not bad considering how little it really costs me.

5.25 Whole Blood Donations per life saved (HBD/L) for RBC 15 HBD/L for platelets 2 HBD/L as a very generous presumption for plasma.

• 5.25 Whole Blood Donations per life saved (HBD/L) for RBC
• 15 HBD/L for platelets
• 2 HBD/L as a very generous presumption for plasma.

I'm answering my own question, yay! Not a full answer either, but I tried to do some research myself. Here is a quick link that discusses the concept in some detail: http://blog.inceptsaves.com/blog/2010/10/27/donor-recruitment-how-can-one-pint-of-blood-save-three-lives/

Thus for 10 donations of red blood cells you will have produced 2 unit if platelets and 5 units of RDC and Plasma. If one unit was required to save a life then you will save 12 lives with those 6 donations, or 1.2 lives per donation.

Other substances

There are other poducts that can be made out of whole blood. None of them are nearly as useful as the above, and rarely are collected, but at least some of them are utilized and would add to overall lives saved by a very small amount. I don't feel like adding them up since it sounds like they are such a minimal affect, and won't. That's because I think any lives preserved via these methods is counteracted by...

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I'm answering my own question, yay! This is my attempt to answer my question despite my lack of familiarity with much of the medicine. I therefore stress that I am not guaranteeing this answer, it's meant to be a very rough estimate and shouldn't be considered exact. Perhaps others will comment on things I missed and allow me to make it better...

First, Here is a quick link that discusses the concept: http://blog.inceptsaves.com/blog/2010/10/27/donor-recruitment-how-can-one-pint-of-blood-save-three-lives/

Thus for 10 donations of red blood cells you will have produced 2 unit if platelets and 5 units of RDC and Plasma. If one unit was required to save a life then you will save 12 lives with those 10 donations, or 1.2 lives per donation.

Other products

There are other products that can be made out of whole blood. None of them are nearly as useful as the above, and rarely are collected, but at least some of them are utilized and would add to overall lives saved by a very small amount. I don't feel like adding them up since it sounds like they are such a minimal affect, and won't. That's because I think any lives preserved via these methods is counteracted by...

Final assessment