BATON ROUGE — East Baton Rouge Emergency Medical Services and the St. George Fire Department are teaming up to launch a new prehospital blood transfusion program, East Baton Rouge EMS announced.
The program begins Monday and will expand access to lifesaving medical care for critically injured patients throughout the parish.
Providing blood during the prehospital phase of care can help restore circulating blood volume and improve oxygen delivery to vital organs. Bringing blood transfusion capabilities closer to the scene of an emergency allows prehospital providers to begin critical treatment earlier rather than waiting until a patient reaches the hospital…