A clinical trial in Finland will seek to determine whether emergency services can safely use whole blood for transfusions before patients reach the hospital. Other trials held in the United Kingdom ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Emergency Medical Services supervisors in Virginia Beach are being trained on a new program called the Whole Blood Initiative. According to Tidewater EMS, research shows that ...

Eagle County Paramedic Services has a new tool to save patients: whole blood. The ambulance district‘s new whole blood program, which started on Oct. 8, involves a carefully designed system to make ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Paramedics with Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue said they are saving more lives than ever. "I can say I've been doing this for almost 20 years and this is the most impactful ...

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- Ute Pass Regional Health Service District (UPRHSD) paramedics are now carrying whole blood, which they tell KRDO they hope will provide potentially life-saving blood ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Paramedics with the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) have been cleared to give blood transfusions in the field. Through a partnership with UCHealth they are the first in the ...

Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. “Blood transfusion is a highly critical, life-saving clinical procedure for a variety of patients, ...

In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. Paramedics with Ute Pass Regional Health Service District are now bringing another pathway to life when things go terribly wrong. Through a ...

Residents of Clear Creek and Grand Counties can now receive potentially life-saving blood transfusions before they reach the hospital. A Clear Creek EMS vehicle was stocked with whole blood on ...