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By EMS1 Staff
AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Travis County EMS reunited medics with a patient who survived a life-threatening hemorrhage due to an on-site blood transfusion.
Morgan Walker collapsed from severe blood loss after surgery complications. After losing consciousness trying to get to the hospital, she called 9-1-1. ATCEMS specialists Hector Garcia and Lee Nudelman arrived minutes later to find her in critical condition.
“As soon as we walked inside, I knew she was in bad shape,” Garcia said. “I asked her a few basic questions, then I asked, ‘Is all this blood from you?’ There was so much of it, I couldn’t believe it all came from one person.”
As Garcia treated Walker, Nudelman requested a blood resource. District Commander Neda LaFuente arrived as they loaded Walker into the ambulance, and Garcia administered the blood transfusion she prepared.
“There are not many EMS agencies in the United States that can give blood transfusions,” said Walker. “The residents of Austin are really lucky to have such an advanced EMS system available to them, I absolutely credit them with saving my life. Thank you for saving my life.”
