Blood shortage reaches critical level - what you can do to help The need for blood donations across the nation is at an all-time high, including here in Utah. Intermountain Healthcare explains what you can do to help. Posted at 10:22 AM, Jul 01, 2021 and last updated 2021-07-01 21:19:55-04 The need for blood donations across the nation is at an all-time high, including here in Utah. The American Red Cross attributes the need to rising trauma cases as summer is underway, transplants, and surgeries which have depleted the nationâs blood inventory. In addition to atypically high number of...