It all started with a poster seen by Major Eric Waechter, section chief at CRS 37 and in charge of communications. “It was indicated that the EFS (French blood establishment) urgently needed blood. Around the same time, he learns that fellow CRS have been injured on duty. “It happens to us to shed our blood on the public highway. We are targets because of our uniform, he laments. It’s the same for the police, gendarmes, firefighters, hospital staff… ”The two images then came together with the added motto of the CRS: serve. “This blood, we choose to shed voluntarily for a noble cause, humanitarian and which remains anonymous”.
As a result, on Tuesday, the television room of CRS 37, in the heart of Robertsau, was transformed into a quasi-field hospital. There is an admission with two reception agents, a flow manager, three people, including a doctor, who take the information before donations and five nurses to take the samples, not to mention a driver from the EFS to transport everything. this small world and the material until then. “A donation like this is extremely important for us,” notes Dr Sophie Reuter, Bas-Rhin sampling manager for the EFS Grand Est. We are in a period of crisis with a great fluctuation in reserves. »Thus the health situation has made it difficult to collect in companies. There remain the communal collections. “With this sample, it’s a new partnership,” insists the doctor. We are delighted to be here. We want to come back regularly. “
In fact, in addition to constant needs, blood is also a perishable product. With a “whole blood” bag, the EFS teams separate the red blood cells (which last 42 days), the platelets (seven days) and the plasma (three years). “With a donation, we can save three lives,” explains Dr Reuter.
Donations started at 10 a.m. It takes between three quarters of an hour and an hour per donation. Then head to the bar, reopened exceptionally, for a snack. The major will pass around noon, Commander Thierry Verdon, the boss of CRS 37, around 1 p.m. “The goal is not to be a spectator of life but to be an actor,” said the commander. CRS is a full citizen. We are here to do republican work and be of service to the people. And roll up your sleeves when you have to.
French blood establishment, 10 rue Spielmann in Strasbourg, open Monday to Friday from 7:45 am to 7:45 pm You can donate blood despite the curfew with the discharge certificate with the help box for a vulnerable person checked . 03 88 21 25 25.
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