A Novel Mobile-Based Blood Donation Model For Emergency Situations

Abstract

Blood donation is essential to modern healthcare, yet shortages and delays in accessing compatible blood remain a global challenge, particularly in low and middle income countries. In emergency contexts such as trauma, obstetric complications, accidents, surgical crises etc, the absence of timely blood transfusion often results in preventable mortality. Traditional donor mobilization strategies, including static registries and manual blood bank processes, are limited by inefficiencies, lack of real-time updates and weak integration with hospital workflows. This study titled a novel mobile-based blood donation model for emergency situations designed to address these limitations. The application incorporates a real-time geo-location services, automated eligibility screening, and secure communication between hospitals, donors and blood banks. By streamlining donor–recipient matching and ensuring data privacy, the system reduces delays and enhances reliability in emergency transfusion support. Also the application seeks to promote sustained donor participation and foster a community-driven culture of regular blood donation by incorporating some educative features. This model runs on Windows 10 or later, with HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap for the front-end, ASP.NET with C# for the back-end, and SQL Server for database management. It is hosted on IIS, developed in Visual Studio, and enhanced with JavaScript, JQuery, and ASP.NET Identity for interactivity and security. The findings highlight the potential of mobile health technology to strengthen healthcare resilience, reduce preventable deaths, and improve emergency medical response.