American Red Cross nearing blood supply crisis, urging donations

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- As the summer months continue, the American Red Cross continues to deal with an emergency blood shortage. 

This is a common occurrence during summer as hospitals see an influx in trauma cases while donors become less frequent. 

The Red Cross says they are just days away from declaring a blood supply crisis. 

"I donate blood because I know that it can't be manufactured, that's really meaningful to me because it means that humans are the only way that hospitals have blood and I want to be in that seat even for someone I don't know so they have what they need in an emergency," said Catherine Rabenstine, CEO for American Red Cross of Wisconsin. 

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