The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage and is urging people to make donations. If the shortage worsens, lifesaving medical procedures could be delayed across the country, the organization said. “One of the most distressing situations for a doctor is to have a hospital full of patients and an empty refrigerator without any blood products,” Dr. Pampee Young, chief medical officer of the Red Cross, said in a news release. “A person needs lifesaving blood every two seconds in our country — and its availability can be the difference between life and death; however, blood is on…