Louisville (KY) EMS Launches Whole-Blood Transfusions
Louisville EMS is set to become the first agency in Kentucky to provide blood transfusions directly at the scene of emergencies.
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Cobb (GA) Paramedics Save First Patient with New Blood Products
Just four days after implementing a program that allows paramedics to carry blood products, Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services performed its first successful prehospital blood transfusion.
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Dallas Fire-Rescue Launches Blood Transfusion Program
Dallas Fire-Rescue launched a pilot program to equip its ambulances with whole blood supplies.
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Blood Transfusions at the Scene Save Lives. But Ambulances Are Rarely Equipped to Do Them
More than 60,000 people in the U.S. bleed to death every year from traumatic events, but many of those people likely wouldn’t have died if they…
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Enfield (CT) EMS Launches Whole Blood Program for Trauma Patients
Saint Francis Hospital is partnering with Enfield emergency medical services to allow whole blood to be administered to trauma patients.
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What’s Stopping EMS Agencies From Adopting Prehospital Blood Transfusions?
Medical studies have shown that administering whole blood before patients reach the emergency room significantly improves survival odds. Despite this evidence, most EMS agencies do…
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Scott County IN EMS Now Offering Blood Transfusions in the Field
Scott County EMS paramedics now have the capability to administer whole blood to patients before they reach the hospital.
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Whole Blood Transfusion Program Launched in Two CO Counties
UCHealth and Thompson Valley Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have begun delivering whole blood transfusions to patients.
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Whole Blood Program in Colorado Springs (CO) Saves More than 30 Lives in First 100 Days
The city’s new whole blood program is a joint initiative launched by UCHealth and the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
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Whole Blood in the Field: The Next Frontier of ‘What’s Actually Impossible?’
The limits of "only" and "practical" should be challenged, as innovation consistently turns the impossible into reality.
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WV Implements Whole Blood Protocols
This makes West Virginia the first in the nation to implement such protocols.
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Canton (MA) Fire Department Saves Life of Crash Victim with Whole Blood
Medics successfully helped to save the life of a car crash victim in Braintree with whole blood.
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