Lucy Hill, who was injured in a moped accident in Thailand, remains in intensive care but is out of immediate danger.
The appeal by friends and family went viral and queues of people reportedly turned up at her hospital to give the A negative type of blood she needed for a transfusion.
Less than 1% of people in Thailand have A negative blood.
The 21-year-old, from Bury in Greater Manchester, suffered serious injuries when her moped was involved in a crash with a car in Chiang Mai on Saturday.
Ms Hill, a recent graduate at Leeds Beckett University, suffered a broken pelvis and underwent emergency surgery while friends appealed online for donations of A negative.
Her friend Darren Burns said on Facebook she had received a transfusion after the campaign prompted the required blood donations.
Mr Burns added: "Compassionate people from all over the world came together over the space of 24 hours for a girl from bury!!
"She's been my best friend for what feels like a life time and from the updates we're getting she's a fighter.
"Luce's received the blood transfusion she needs, she's still in intensive care but is out off immediate danger!!
"Thank u to social media, the people that shared the status and the people who donated their blood because really that's what made it happen!!"
An initial post appealing for help was made on Sunday by her travelling companion, Lauren Hall.
Ms Hall wrote: "Negative blood is rare in Thailand and sourcing the blood is difficult. I understand it is your holiday but this is my friend. It doesn't take long and it will do a great thing. My friend wore a helmet and did nothing wrong."
The appeal was shared 40,000 times within six hours, with hundreds of messages and postings from people trying to help.
Ms Hill's mother Alison is at the bedside of her daughter, who began her trip to Thailand on 3 January.
She studied PE at university and had just started her gap year travelling through Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Australia.
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