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Iowa hospitals and LifeServe launch state-awarded pilot to put blood on ambulances
Summary
Local hospitals and LifeServe described a state-funded pilot to allow medics to start blood transfusions before patients reach trauma centers, saying the program — the first in Iowa — targets rural areas distant from trauma care and could boost survival after severe injury.
Speaker 1, an unidentified presenter, said Des Moines, West Des Moines, LifeServe and both Methodist and Mercy hospitals "have worked together to now deliver blood to our patients on the street." The presenters described a state-awarded pilot to equip medics to begin blood transfusions at the scene of traumatic injury rather than waiting until arrival at a hospital or trauma room.
"The idea of this project is to be able to bring that life saving blood transfusion to the scene and enable the medics to administer the treatment before getting to the hospital," Speaker 2 said, describing the operational goal. Speaker 1 added, "The state did…
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