A woman who nearly died in a crash is alive, thanks to a new groundbreaking pre-hospital blood transfusion program in Cobb County. If it weren’t for the blood products paramedics now have access to in ...

And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

HIGH. THE WAUWATOSA FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THE FIRST IN THE STATE TO ADMINISTER A BLOOD TRANSFUSION OUT IN THE FIELD. MEDICS RESPONDED TO A DEADLY SHOOTING IN MILWAUKEE RIGHT NEAR 80TH AND CONGRESS, ...

One August afternoon in 2023, Angela Martin's cousin called with alarming news. Martin's 74-year-old aunt had been mauled by four dogs while out for a walk near her home in rural Purlear, North ...

Paramedics from DC Fire and EMS delivered the first unit of low-titer type-O whole blood to a patient as part of the newly introduced lifesaving Whole Blood Program. (Courtesy DC Fire and EMS) When ...

The program launched Feb. 1, and “marks the first ground EMS whole blood capability in Idaho." ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis EMS said for the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — DC Fire & EMS rolled out the Whole Blood Program on April 2. This week, that program helped potentially save two lives in two days. Whole Blood allows first responders to ...

ATLANTA - A new program has already helped save more than a dozen lives in its first week of implementation in Atlanta. First responders with Grady EMS can now administer blood transfusions in the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, representatives of the district's fire and EMS department, and many others will announce a new program to train more paramedics in giving blood ...

It took 45 minutes for firefighters to get a 35-year-old man out of a “heavily damaged” car following a car crash on Saturday, officials said. The man’s injuries were extensive, with low blood ...