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DOT announces $50M in grants for prehospital blood transfusion

WASHINGTON — 911.gov announced $1 billion in new federal funding to advance life-saving, post-crash care. The funding ...
Business Wire

Mutual Aid EMS Adds Blood Administration to Ambulance Pre-Hospital Care Capabilities

GREENSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mutual Aid Ambulance Service has added blood administration to its ambulance pre-hospital care capabilities. Having blood on board ambulances will allow paramedics to ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Pre-hospital blood helped this UAB patient beat a zero percent chance of survival, so why is it still underutilized?

Pre-hospital blood helped this UAB patient beat a zero percent chance of survival, so why is it still underutilized?
The Herald-Dispatch

CCEMS employees roll up sleeves to support prehospital blood administration program

HUNTINGTON — More than 50 community members and Cabell County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS) personnel donated 45 units of blood Tuesday during a blood drive at the Tri-State Fire Academy. Julia ...
The Herald-Dispatch

Prehospital ground transport blood administration program expands to more WV counties

CHARLESTON — West Virginia was the first state to implement comprehensive statewide protocols for administering whole blood on ambulances, an initiative that already has demonstrated effectiveness in ...