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Monongalia County EMS: whole-blood program credited with life-saving interventions; county hears early data
Summary
Presenters told the Monongalia County Commission the prehospital whole-blood program (effective May 1, 2025) administered whole blood to 15 patients in 2025, with providers reporting improved blood pressure and a 64.28% discharge rate; presenters said EMTs can now assist paramedics under updated state protocol, increasing coverage in rural areas.
Forrest Lyon, introducing MONTMS staff, and Dr. Robbie May and Tyler Savage briefed the Monongalia County Commission on the county’s whole-blood prehospital program, which took effect May 1, 2025. Savannah-area EMS officials said the program delivered whole blood to 15 patients across the county in 2025 and credited the practice with multiple life‑saving interventions.
"It's been more successful than we ever could have imagined," Dr. Robbie May said, describing a summer case in which whole blood was given to a mother suffering postpartum hemorrhage in a rural part of the county; both mother and baby were discharged home three days later. Forrest Lyon introduced the presentation and named Dr. May…
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