Preparing for a Collaborative Community Assessment. This fact sheet by Community Development, Data Information and Analysis Laboratory, Iowa State University, offers a step by step guide to conducting a community assessment. Outlines an easy to follow process to determine needs. 2001.
Platelets are tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding. If one of your blood vessels gets damaged, it sends out signals that are picked up by platelets. The platelets then rush to the site of damage and form a plug, or clot, to repair the damage.n this condition, your bone marrow makes too many platelets. People with thrombocythemia may have platelet counts that exceed 1 million. Symptoms can include blood clots that form and block blood supply to the brain or the heart. The cause of thrombocythemia is unknown.
A low platelet count, medically known as thrombocytopenia, is a health disorder in which your blood has a lower than normal number of platelets. Platelets are the smallest of the blood cells that aid in blood clotting by forming plugs in blood vessel holes.The platelets circulate in the blood with an average lifespan of 5 to 9 days. A normal platelet count in a healthy person ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microlitre of blood.latelets are the smallest of the blood cells that aid in blood clotting by forming plugs in blood vessel holes. The platelets circulate in the blood with an average lifespan of 5 to 9 days. A normal platelet count in a healthy person ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 platelets per microlitre of blood.