Platelets are a component of blood component that helps control bleeding. Supplies need to be continuously replenished as their shelf life is only 5 days.
The Colorado-Wyoming region of the American Red Cross has sent 32 volunteers to Texas to help the victims of Tropical Storm Harvey, a spokesman said today.
"Ten of them are from Wyoming," Bill Fortune said.
"Our expectation is we will be sending several more from Colorado and Wyoming," Fortune said...
The regional office of the United Blood Services is asking potential donors who have traveled to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America not to donate blood for 28 days after leaving those areas, according to a news release.