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Pharr EMS credits new whole-blood program for December lifesaving transfusion
Summary
Pharr EMS officials said a prehospital whole-blood transfusion on Dec. 29 stabilized a severely hypotensive patient within minutes, prompting clinical-excellence commendations for medic staff and highlighting new equipment including ambulance-carried ultrasound and Stryker stretchers.
Pharr EMS Chief Daniel Ramirez said Dec. 29 that less than a month after the city began a prehospital whole-blood program, Medic 4 administered a life-saving transfusion that stabilized a patient with severe bleeding. Ramirez said the patient’s blood pressure improved from 81/40 to 123/61 after the transfusion and the patient was transported to a local hospital.
The transfusion involved paramedic Vanessa Guerrilla, advanced EMT Elsa Castillo and shift captain Andrew…
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