Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine get millions of dollars from the U.S. Department of Transportation to study the impacts of performing blood transfusions at crash sites ...

A federal grant will fund training and equipment to help first responders deliver blood transfusions at the scene of severe ...

The scene begins with Dr. Hale attempting to perform a blood transfusion—a seemingly complicated procedure and one that is generally associated with modern laboratory medicine. It begs the ...

In a post from the Town of Plainfield - Government, officials credited EMS Division Chief Ted Allen and Officer Will England ...

Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the ...

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 ...

Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly has donated the plasma in his blood to three patients in the last month, echoing what one of his former patients did for him before he left Liberia. Brantly was caring ...

For too long, blood transfusions were considered a go-to solution for severe injuries or complex surgical procedures. This long-standing practice, however, is not without flaws. Studies indicate that ...

Objective: To review the pathophysiology of anemia, as well as transfusion-related complications and indications for red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, in critically ill children. Although allogeneic ...