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.
The Kenosha Fire Department became the state’s first fire-based EMS to carry whole blood on all front-line ambulances
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Delaware has expanded access to life-saving whole blood transfusions in emergency situations, with every medic agency in the state now carrying it
Dallas Fire Rescue’s pilot program launched in areas chosen for rapid response to gunshot wounds, stabbings and other trauma
Experts say expanding pre-hospital blood programs could save thousands of lives each year
Enfield EMS is the fourth agency in New England to establish a whole blood program
Sarasota Assistant EMS Chief Brian Nadler believes his sister-in-law could have been saved with this measure
Burnsville paramedics will be among the first in the state to use whole blood in the field
The Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority is in the final process of beginning to carry whole blood on ambulances
A partnership between UCHealth and Thompson Valley EMS will have whole blood in supervisor paramedic response units in Weld and Larimer counties
Kent County paramedics recently joined medics in New Castle and Sussex counties in carrying whole blood
Chief of Trauma Surgery Dr. Babak Sarani said D.C. is fortunate to have a fire and EMS service that is “aggressive with the program”
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- Ind. FD is first in Midwest to carry whole blood
- Use of whole blood grows across Mo. despite challenges
- ‘This will save lives': Atlanta medics begin whole blood transfusions
- Shooting victim is first patient for D.C. Fire, EMS whole blood program
- Atlanta hospital EMS begins training on whole blood transfusions