{"id":20488,"date":"2025-07-31T14:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/article\/patients-need-o-negative-blood-right-now\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:50:23","slug":"patients-need-o-negative-blood-right-now","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/article\/patients-need-o-negative-blood-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Patients need O-negative blood right now."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1.png 315w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-1-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re O-negative, you\u2019re everyone\u2019s type! What does that mean? When seconds count, O-negative blood is the first type that\u2019s reached for. That\u2019s because anyone can receive a transfusion of O\u2013negative blood, regardless of their blood type \u2013 cool, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can save anyone in a crisis. But when it\u2019s your blood, it\u2019s more than saving someone else. It\u2019s knowing part of you was there when it mattered most. No wonder O-negative donors have earned the title of Universal Donor!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>And you know\u2026 emergencies don\u2019t take a summer break. Donations often do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re O-negative, you can be the one they\u2019ll never know, but never forget. O-negative blood is vital in emergency care, because it can be given to any patient regardless of blood type. Hospitals have the blood they need today, but that could change if donation appointments are not filled. Demand is high for O-negative blood this summer, and we need donors to give now to strengthen the supply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book your donation at <a href=\"http:\/\/blood.ca\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExSGVUc0R1Q3RHVDQ5U2FaTQEeIj-ppcpIyiVS61LGoxSZsnRd_lRddV3y1wfaZ7oCspbKP3WdGdLx3GZpvEk_aem_sx_D8dfy0K4otejJEdvRSA\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blood.ca.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png 512w, https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"template":"","section":[116],"keyword":[],"class_list":["post-20488","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","section-announcement"],"toolset-meta":{"author-4-info":{"author-4-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-4-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-4-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-3-info":{"author-3-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-3-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-3-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-2-info":{"author-2-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-2-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-2-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"author-info":{"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Canadian Blood Services"},"author-honorific":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-email":{"type":"email","raw":""},"author-institution":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-cms-role":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"unknown":{"downloadable-pdf":{"type":"file","raw":"","attachment_id":null},"article-toc-weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":"31"},"author-surname":{"type":"textfield","raw":""},"author-given-names":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Canadian Blood Services"}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20495,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/20488\/revisions\/20495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=20488"},{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mathmatters.cms.math.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=20488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}