In what officials are calling a “landmark event,” members of the Canton Fire Department saved a man’s life by administering the first whole blood transfusion in a “prehospital setting ...

On the evening of April 10, paramedics performed the first blood transfusion in the field, saving the life of a man who was shot in Northeast, according to DC Fire and EMS.

Last year, when Dallas Fire-Rescue leaders were designing the blood program, they said prehospital blood transfusions could have benefitted nearly 700 injured patients across the city in 2023 alone.

Editor’s note: Updated at 8:40 a.m. Friday with the correct name of the national organization creating prehospital blood transfusion standards. An earlier version had the wrong name.

Whole blood transfusion is saving lives — but barriers to adoption remain. By leveraging lessons from successful programs and advocating for funding, EMS leaders can build the necessary ...

On Jan. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began counting any administration of blood during ambulance prehospital transport as an “advanced life support, level 2” (ALS2) service ...

Prehospital blood is a crucial focus within our country, especially in California, where the LA County Prehospital Blood Transfusion Pilot Program, LA-DROP, recently launched, alongside ...

In the midst of lights and sirens, on Nov. 21, Wauwatosa first responders performed a first-of-its-kind blood transfusion in Wisconsin — putting a new protocol in Milwaukee County to its first test.