A team of medical technicians at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, has created an improved blood transfusion kit that they say will save lives in future conflicts. Project Lavoy, an effort by the 18th Medical ...

And that’s especially true when trauma and severe blood loss are involved. Trauma is the leading cause of death for people 45 and younger, and among trauma patients, uncontrolled bleeding is the ...

WASHINGTON — Paramedics saved the life of a gunshot victim while responding to a call last month. They did it by giving the patient a blood transfusion while in the field. The man was the first ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis EMS said for the ...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) – the specialist provider of transfusion medicine in Scotland – will implement the biolog-id blood inventory devices to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — DC Fire & EMS rolled out the Whole Blood Program on April 2. This week, that program helped potentially save two lives in two days. Whole Blood allows first responders to ...

One of the two women shot in the 500 block of Bourbon Street late on Nov. 6 was in bad shape when paramedics arrived, Capt. Janick Lewis said. Wounded high in the leg, she was in shock and becoming ...

DES MOINES, Wash. — Inside a marked Medic One SUV is a supply of blood that's kept in a cooler and ready to go anywhere in south King County. “People who have worked in this industry for many, many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South County Fire took the opportunity of Emergency Medical Services Week to highlight their in-field blood transfusion program.