Health News Share Email Print How blood donations save lives When you donate blood, it does a lot of good. It can even save lives. Here are just some of the people who depend on blood donors like you. Blood donors save lives Blood donations help people with many different medical conditions, including: People injured in car crashes and other accidents. People with serious burns. People who lose blood during surgery. People with cancer. People who receive organ transplants. People with blood disorders, like sickle cell disease. Sources: American Red Cross; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Blood can only be stored for so long, so there’s always a need. If you want to give blood, find out if you might be eligible. Reviewed 1/2/2023 Sources: American Red Cross. “How Blood Donations Help?” https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/how-blood-donations-help.html. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. “Donate Blood. Save a Life.” https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/donate-blood-save-life. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Why Blood Donation is So Critical.” https://www.hhs.gov/givingequalsliving/giveblood/why-give. Related stories Health information main Health tools go Select a health topic ADHD Aging Alcohol use disorder Allergies Alternative medicine Alzheimer's disease Arthritis Asthma Babies Backs Bladder Bones Brain Breast cancer Cancer Cancer prevention Caregiving Cervical cancer Children and parenting Cholesterol Colds Colorectal cancer Coronavirus Dental care Depression Diabetes Disaster preparedness Down syndrome Ears Eating disorders Emergencies End of life/Palliative care Environmental health Epilepsy Eyes Fall prevention Family and relationships Feet Fitness and exercise Flu Food safety Hair Headache Health assessments Health calculators Healthcare Heart attack Heart health Hepatitis Hernia High blood pressure Hips HIV/AIDS Holiday health Hormones Imaging Incontinence Joints Kidneys Knees Leukemia Liver Lung cancer Lungs Medications Men's health Menopause Mental health Multiple sclerosis Nails Nose Nutrition Obesity Oral cancer Ovaries Pain Parkinson's disease Pets Pneumonia Pregnancy Prostate cancer Rehabilitation Reproductive health Safety School health Sexuality Sexually transmitted infections Skin Skin cancer Sleep Smoking Sports injuries Stomach pain Stress and anxiety Stroke Substance use disorder Summer safety Surgery Teen health Throat Thyroid Travel Vaccines Vascular health Violence Vitamins and supplements Weight management Winter health Women's health Workplace health Wound care i Providers Family Medicine Hematology Internal Medicine Vascular and Interventional Radiology Hematology and Oncology RSS If you have questions or comments, please contact Randolph Health. Problems reading or opening a page? Legal restrictions and terms of use applicable to this site.