Whole Blood & Prehospital Transfusion in EMS
Stay current with developments in whole blood use in EMS. This page delivers news, research, protocols and best practices around prehospital whole blood transfusion. EMS agencies, medical directors, and field clinicians will find:
- Clinical guidelines and evolving evidence on whole blood for trauma and hemorrhagic shock
- Protocols, training aids, and case studies from services already carrying whole blood
- Policy, logistics, regulatory, and safety considerations
- An interactive U.S. map showing EMS systems that perform whole blood transfusions
- Commentary and analysis on challenges, benefits, and emerging trends
Use this as your go-to resource to evaluate, plan or expand a whole blood program in your EMS system.
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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
The 5-year TRICARE project will reimburse eligible ground and air ambulance providers for blood products and transfusion services beginning in 2027
The new “Patient Playback” podcast, hosted by Dr. David Tan, highlights clinical reasoning, system improvements and the realities of high-acuity calls
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- Md. county EMS accepts grant funding to carry whole blood on ambulances
- Life-saving improvisation sparks new prehospital blood program in rural West Virginia
- DOT announces $50M in grants for prehospital blood transfusion
- Insights, actions and the future of EMS: The 2025 ESO EMS Index
- The growing need for whole blood: Why it’s time for EMS to step up