OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV)– The Omaha Fire Department is now carrying whole blood supplies, which will allow trained paramedics to give transfusions at the scene of a trauma.
- Omaha Fire Department can now give transfusions at the scene of an emergency.
- Nebraska Medicine, Omaha Fire Department, and the Nebraska Community Blood bank collaborated to make this happen.
- They are now one of 160 departments nationwide to have implemented this practice.
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The Omaha Fire Department is now carrying whole blood supplies, which will allow trained paramedics to give transfusions at the scene of a trauma.
According to Fire Chief Kathy Bossman, the ability to provide a blood transfusion in the field will improve patients’ conditions while they are transported to the hospital and give doctors an even greater opportunity to save their lives…