GREENE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – Greene County Emergency Medical Services has started implementing a new technology into its workflow called TRAUMAGEL, meant to help stop bleeding.
Ali Akbar, the EMS Captain at Greene County EMS, says the new technology can help keep the patient stable on those longer ambulance rides.
“Depending on where you are in Greene County, we could have a transport time of up to like, an hour,” Akbar said. “And we would have to manage that patient and stop their bleeding, put a tourniquet and stuff on. With TRAUMAGEL we can apply it and have one more step to stopping bleeding.”…