Janna Dutton knows how important the simple act of donating blood can be when a crisis occurs.

About three years ago, she urgently needed a transfusion after she had a miscarriage and began haemorrhaging badly.

“I was two hours away when it started and I had to get to the hospital,” she said. “By the time I got there my husband says I was green and I was on the floor and he thought he had actually lost me by that point.”

When she woke up later in hospital and found out she was going to be okay, all she can remember of those first few moments was the relief of knowing she wasn’t leaving behind those who rely on her, she said.

“It’s really a big relief — a big sigh washes over you.”

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