New Orleans EMS hit a milestone on Tuesday—it performed its 275th pre-hospital blood transfusion on a shooting victim. Since launching the program in 2021, during the height of a violent crime ...

Olivia is a therapy dog at DoveLewis Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in Portland, Oregon, who recently gave an emergency blood donation to a 5-month-old puppy named Jaxon to help him ...

Emergency contacts should maintain easily accessible records of blood type information. This includes storing it in phone contacts, emergency documents, and shared family medical records.

Emergency blood transfusion program partners include VCFD's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) division, medical director Dr. Neil Canby, and vital agency partners -- Ventura County Medical Center ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - In less than two weeks, Metro Emergency Management Services will start a first-of-its-kind life-saving program in Kentucky. But to make the seconds count, paramedics will ...

Cabell County Emergency Medical Services hosts blood drive for pre-hospital transfusion By Destiney Dingess ddingess@hdmediallc.com Feb 15, 2025 Updated Feb 16, 2025 ...

"When fewer people donate blood, even small disruptions to the nation’s supply are hard to overcome," the Red Cross said. The record lows come over a year after the FDA removed restrictions on ...

NYBC This is New York Blood Center’s second blood emergency this year — the other was in January following a holiday season of low donor turnout and inclement winter weather.

The Ventura County Fire Department has launched an emergency blood transfusion program, equipping its first rescue ambulances with whole blood that officials say could help save lives. In the ...

Aug. 31—Thanks to the West Virginia Department of Health's (DH) implementation of a new program outlining protocols for whole blood transfusions on ambulances across the state, West Virginians ...