More hospitals and EMS systems are stocking blood to begin transfusions in trauma patients. Many believe it is saving lives.

Severely injured patients are more likely to survive if they are initially treated by an emergency medical services (EMS) clinician who sees a high number of trauma patients, rather than a clinician ...

Emergency medical services in rural areas are less likely to reduce pain in trauma patients provide proper care to kids with asthma attacks, and are more likely to use lights and sirens unnecessarily, ...

A fire department’s implementation of a whole blood program will benefit from the use of a new monitor/defibrillator that allows the creation of a custom dashboard menu that can look at hemoglobin ...

(TNS) — Arlington’s first responders can now provide whole blood to trauma victims, a significant upgrade in the standard of care for patients who have suffered blood loss. Whole blood is blood from a ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When someone is losing blood from a gunshot wound or serious car crash, minutes count. Now, Cleveland trauma victims have a better chance of survival, thanks to new initiatives aimed ...

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 ...

Active-threat incidents, such as an active shooter and bombing, create dangerous environments that push responders beyond the “everyday” or routine calls for service. These environments present unique ...

CHRISTINE, BACK TO YOU. KENNY. THANK YOU. AND TONIGHT’S 12 ON YOUR HEALTH. GUILFORD COUNTY IS PREPARING TO LAUNCH A PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW FOR EMS TO GIVE TRAUMA PATIENTS BLOOD BEFORE THEY EVEN ...

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Berkeley County EMS is launching a new program that will allow paramedics to give trauma patients blood transfusions before they reach the hospital — a step leaders say ...