Three days after Ross/West View Emergency Medical Services launched a pre-hospital blood program, it was used to save the life of a Ross man who was bleeding from his gastrointestinal tract.
The man’s systolic blood pressure, the top number, was down to 66, which is extremely low, and he was unresponsive, said Dr. Phil Nawrocki, medical director of Ross/West View EMS and interim system EMS medical director for Allegheny Health Network.
After being given blood, the man’s blood pressure improved and he was awake and talking when he arrived at a hospital…