WASHINGTON — 911.gov announced $1 billion in new federal funding to advance life-saving, post-crash care. The funding includes 24 grants worth $50 million for prehospital blood transfusion programs.

Every second counts in trauma care. When a patient experiences life-threatening blood loss, the first hour, often called the golden hour, can determine survival. Hemorrhagic shock accounts for 30-40% ...

Pre-hospital blood helped this UAB patient beat a zero percent chance of survival, so why is it still underutilized?

CHARLESTON — West Virginia was the first state to implement comprehensive statewide protocols for administering whole blood on ambulances, an initiative that already has demonstrated effectiveness in ...

HUNTINGTON — More than 50 community members and Cabell County Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS) personnel donated 45 units of blood Tuesday during a blood drive at the Tri-State Fire Academy. Julia ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services will now be able to give you a blood transfusion during medical emergencies before you ever get to the hospital. The county announced ...

Bobby Scott, operations manager and blood program administrator at Ambulance and Chair EMS, holds a unit of type O blood that is stored in a blood cooler in an ambulance. Ambulance and Chair EMS ...

A lack of blood supply has delayed the rollout of Three Rivers Ambulance Authority’s new blood administration program. Three Rivers Ambulance Authority will store blood in most supervisor vehicles for ...