Prehospital blood transfusion is expanding as EMS systems bring lifesaving blood closer to patients with severe bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. This resource provides news, research and practical guidance on carrying and administering whole blood and other blood products in the field, including:
- Clinical evidence and guidelines for prehospital blood transfusion
- EMS protocols, training resources and program case studies
- Guidance on blood storage, transportation, warming and administration
- Strategies for developing and expanding an EMS blood program
- Regulatory, logistical, safety and funding considerations
- An interactive map of EMS systems carrying whole blood
- Analysis of emerging practices, technology and research
Use this resource to plan, implement or strengthen a prehospital blood program and stay current on the use of whole blood and blood products in EMS.
Hear from EMS systems and leaders turning the promise of whole blood into a proven practice for trauma patients
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Elkhart firefighters and paramedics were recognized for treating a gunshot victim with prehospital blood, a program that has provided transfusions to 61 patients since June
Worcester EMS can now bring blood to critically ill and injured patients in Worcester and Shrewsbury, allowing paramedics to begin transfusions before hospital arrival
A Burke Rescue volunteer carried whole blood across rugged terrain to help stabilize a climber injured in a high-angle fall during a five-hour rescue in Linville Gorge
NEMSAC’s sprawling agenda reveals a bigger challenge: deciding what comes first — and recognizing that almost nothing fits neatly into one committee
University of Arizona researchers will compare blood with crystalloid fluids in nearly 2,000 trauma patients treated by ground EMS agencies
With a new committee structure and an ambitious agenda, NEMSAC now has to prove it can turn federal priorities into meaningful EMS progress
Killeen Fire EMS is the first fire-based EMS agency between Dallas and San Antonio to provide prehospital blood transfusions
The proposed Hillsborough County program would serve a 70-square-mile area and is expected to deliver blood in under three minutes on average
The new benchmarking report from AIMHI offers agencies data to compare operations, workforce and patient care performance
Blood donations have fallen to a four-year summer low, forcing the Red Cross to limit type O distributions as hospitals face rising trauma-season demand
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