Left work a little early to go donate blood yesterday. I did the RapidPass beforehand – which was their term for the medical history portion, not some device that I could strap to myself that would drain out my blood as I walked through an arch in the library.<\/p>\n
Though… no, that’s a terrible idea.<\/p>\n
So, I was ahead of the game when I got there and breezed right on through the health screening with no delay. Then – no waiting – right on over to the table for the donation.<\/p>\n
Needle stick, squeeze every 5-7 seconds, and I was on my way.<\/p>\n
And then I was done. I mean, it seemed to go really fast – much more so than usual. I commented to the technician and she said I finished up the donation in 6 minutes and 30 seconds.<\/p>\n
The average time, I found out later, is around 8-10 minutes.<\/p>\n
So, wow.<\/p>\n
I felt fine, got my cookie and juice, and was on the road. I think that might have been the most efficient blood donation I’ve ever done.<\/p>\n
Given that the human body has about 1.5 gallons of blood and this is around 12 pints, at that rate I could have auto-exsanguinated myself in 78 minutes. Provided, of course, that I didn’t die first.<\/p>\n
Cool, and also creepy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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