LOUISVILLE, Ky. — It’s been 100 days since Louisville Metro EMS made history as the first in the state to give whole blood directly to patients during emergencies.
What You Need To Know
- Louisville Metro EMS has successfully administered 34 blood transfusions since the program first started 100 days ago
- Cars carry whole blood products, monitor emergency calls and look for signs that a patient might benefit from a transfusion
- Losing too much blood is the number one cause of preventable death in trauma patients
- Only 1% of EMS agencies can offer this kind of critical care before patients even reach the hospital
Nationally, only 1% of EMS agencies can offer this kind of critical care before patients even reach the hospital, said a study in Transfusion, the journal of the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies.
Losing too much blood is the number one cause of preventable death in trauma patients…