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7.18.2025  NEW

Prehospital blood transfusion coalition clinical practice guideline for civilian emergency medical services 

5.24.2025 NEW

Bridging the gap: whole blood and plasma in prehospital hemorrhagic shock resuscitation 

9.6.2018 Newly Added

Dr. Jenkins' Article on Whole Blood (STRAC) Presentation (pdf)

11/6/2024 - 

Every minute matters: Improving outcomes for penetrating trauma through prehospital advanced resuscitative care

https://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/abstract/2024/11000/every_minute_matters__improving_outcomes_for.8.aspx

Journal of Trauma and Acute Surgery Removing the barriers to prehospital blood: A roadmap to success 

Howard County Maryland Blood Program Webpage 

JACEP Open Manuscript Lessons Learned - Howard County, Maryland  

LATEST NEWS - Prehospital Blood Transfusion Initiative Coalition   

Pre-Hospital Whole Blood - What it is and why it Matters - Emergicon

Whole Blood - DC EMS

Indianapolis EMS performs first lifesaving blood transfusion in the field

Pre-Hospital Transfusion Reimbursement Working Group Meeting

System Report: The San Antonio Fire Department Blood Delivery Program

Whole Blood in EMS May Save Lives - JEMS

Woman Survives Traumatic Crash Thanks to Blood on SAFD EMS Units, KSAT News, 2019

HCESD 48 Fire-EMS vehicles now carrying blood products, 2016

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PROTOCOL EXAMPLES

FDNY

Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline

New Orleans EMS

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue

Washington DC EMS

DC Blood Program  

SOURCES

America's Blood Centers

Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies

Prehospital Blood Transfusion Initiative Coalition

Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council

YOUTUBE   RESCOURCES

• Handtevy Minute: Whole Blood Part 1

• Handtevy Minute: Whole Blood Part 2

• Handtevy Minute: Whole Blood Part 3

McSwain Trauma Series - Jan 2024

Prehospital Blood: What You Should Know