The program launched Feb. 1, and “marks the first ground EMS whole blood capability in Idaho." ...

Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly has donated the plasma in his blood to three patients in the last month, echoing what one of his former patients did for him before he left Liberia. Brantly was caring ...

Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the ...

The scene begins with Dr. Hale attempting to perform a blood transfusion—a seemingly complicated procedure and one that is generally associated with modern laboratory medicine. It begs the ...

From left, Jessica Carde, EMS quality assurance specialist, Bridgeport Hospital; Ryan Nuzzo, EMS coordinator, Bridgeport Hospital; Leigh Goodman, regional EMS ...

Canyon County paramedics can now give whole blood transfusions at emergency scenes, a service available to only 2% of U.S. ground crews.

Objective: To review the pathophysiology of anemia, as well as transfusion-related complications and indications for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, in critically ill children. Although allogeneic ...