A new pilot program giving Des Moines paramedics the ability to perform blood transfusions in the field is already being credited with saving lives — and changing how trauma care begins.
Doctors say some of the most critical moments in saving a patient don’t happen in the hospital, but in the minutes after they are injured.
“By treating patients early, we can automatically decrease the risk,” said Dr. Carlos Pelaez, trauma medical director at Iowa Methodist Medical Center…