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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.

MCHD medical directors discuss whole blood alternatives and implementation considerations
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Acadian collaborated with the Boy Scouts of America and We Are Blood to expand the programs to Bastrop County
Cypress Creek EMS reported how its team transfused blood into the subclavian vein feeding directly into the heart in an ambulance
The new addition will allow providers to administer life-saving blood transfusions on scene or during transport
Officials say the change will allow life-saving blood transfusions to be administered on scene or during transport
First responders said Tiffany Kieschnick-Rivas would not be alive if she had not received a whole-blood transfusion when they arrived on scene
San Antonio is the first large metropolitan area in the U.S. to use whole blood to perform blood transfusions on trauma patients
Since deploying packed red blood cells and plasma for the first time, 133 units have been administered to 72 patients