Harnett County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is proud to announce the launch of its Prehospital Whole Blood Program, becoming only the 17th agency in North Carolina to offer this life-saving intervention in the field.
The initiative aims to improve survival rates for patients experiencing severe blood loss by administering whole blood before hospital arrival.
“This program is going to allow us to provide evidence-based treatment to our traumatic patients, anybody that’s suffering from significant blood loss, and also some of our medical patients where there may be some internal bleeding and things like that,” explained Deputy Director of Harnett County Emergency Services Alex Belanovich…