2. HISTORY
The International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movement is
an international humanitarian
movement
On February 9, 1863 in Geneva,
Henry Dunant founded the
"Committee of the Five“
The official mission of the ICRC
independent organization is to
stand for the protection of the
life and dignity of victims of
international and internal armed
conflicts
3. PRINCIPLES
• The seven
fundamental
principles of the
Red Cross and Red
Crescent are
humanity,
impartiality,
neutrality,
independence,
voluntary service,
unity, and
universality.
6. VOLUNTARY
SERVICE
• It is a voluntary • There can be only
one Red Cross or one
relief Red Crescent Society
movement not in any one country. It
must be open to all.
prompted in It must carry its
any manner by humanitarian work
desire for gain. throughout its
territory.
7. UNIVERSALITY
The International Red
Cross and Red
Crescent Movement.
In which all Societies
have equal status and
share equal
responsibilities and
duties in helping each
other, is worldwide.
9. Frequent small
transfusions of
Red Cells are
needed to
provide life-
sustaining
oxygen for the
immature lungs
of tiny babies
like this one.
10. DID YOU KNOW?
– Every 10 seconds , someone – Females receive 57% of blood
in the United States receives transfused; males receive
47%
a blood transfusion – A newborn baby has about
– If you began donating blood one cup of blood in his or her
at age 17 and donated every body
56 days until you reached 76, – An average adult has about
you would have donated 48 10 pints of blood in his or her
body
gallons of blood – About 95% of people living to
– For every 2.8 gallons of blood the age of 72 will need a
someone has donated, they blood transfusion at some
have supported the entire time in their life, yet only 5%
of the population donates
nation's blood needs for 1 blood
minute • China, a nation of over a billion
– One out of every 10 people people, uses approximately 2
entering a hospital needs million pints* of blood a year
blood
