Hamilton Emergency Medical Services is now equipped to administer blood to patients facing life-threatening blood loss on ...

Use of whole blood products to save egregiously injured U.S. military combatants became a practice during wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and even before those conflicts, according to experts. Whole ...

CLEVELAND — It’s a first in major Ohio cities and it could be a game changer in saving lives. Cleveland EMS paramedics are now able to give blood transfusions on the scene of trauma emergencies. “It's ...

Hennepin Healthcare is seeking permission to enroll car-crash victims and other traumatic-injury patients who are too injured to provide informed consent in a clinical trial of two drugs that reduce ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the City of Tampa Fire Rescue a $1.4 million grant to ...

When a patient is suffering a trauma that results in massive blood loss, focusing on stopping the bleeding first and then moving to restore the airway second is the best method for patient outcomes, ...

FORT DETRICK, Md. – Uncontrolled blood loss from traumatic injury is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, which makes prompt and accurate triage essential for maximizing ...

One August afternoon in 2023, Angela Martin’s cousin called with alarming news. Martin’s 74-year-old aunt had been mauled by four dogs while out for a walk near her home in rural Purlear, North ...

According to a 2023 study published in the National Library of Medicine, trauma is the number one cause of death among Americans between the ages of 1 and 46 years, costing more than $670 billion a ...

The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage. Fewer donors than needed gave this summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing distributions of some of the most ...