If you decide to donate blood in the Eferding district, he is always the first point of contact during Red Cross blood donation campaigns: Luca Seidlmann coordinates the blood donors, is available to answer questions and takes care of measuring blood pressure and body temperature. “I’m basically responsible for the administrative tasks and I’m the interface between donors and doctors,” says Upper Austria’s youngest blood donor helper.
For more than four years, the 17-year-old vocational school student has been volunteering with body and soul for the Red Cross Youth, has been involved in numerous missions and could hardly imagine life without his work with the Red Cross: “Many of my friends often ask me how I cope with tragic accidents. But there is also so much good about it, and as a rescue worker you get so much back from people. For me, my work is only a small contribution, but it is something really big for the community,” says Seidlmann, who is currently completing his training as a paramedic in addition to his work as a blood donor assistant.
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Together with more than 380 colleagues nationwide, Luca Seidlmann organizes the Red Cross’s blood donation campaigns so that local hospitals receive more than 50,000 life-saving blood supplies for necessary operations and interventions every year.
Because blood donors are currently more in demand than ever. Federal rescue commander Gerry Foitik reported last Tuesday from a “worrying level” because the blood donation campaigns are currently only sparsely attended. “It’s really dramatic at the moment and we hope that we’ll get through the summer well,” says Seidlmann and wants to use his commitment to encourage young and old to donate blood. “It’s a small donation for an individual, but it can save lives,” says the 17-year-old helper.
That’s why the bank clerk apprentice wants to be a role model with his voluntary work at the Red Cross – not only for young people, but also for adults: “Everyone can help, and that’s what creates a great community at the Red Cross a wonderful friendship develops.”
Here, however, the man from Prambachkirchner can not only speak from experience of his work with the Red Cross, Seidlmann is also active in the voluntary fire brigade. “Social values are simply important to me, and I want to help other people,” says Seidlmann, who would like to get involved in the medical field after completing his training at vocational school: “I’ll either try to get a job with the Red Cross, or maybe at some point I’m still studying medicine. Working in the healthcare sector is the best thing for me,” says the 17-year-old.
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