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Caroline County to carry prehospital whole blood on EMS supervisor units
Summary
Caroline County emergency services announced a prehospital whole-blood program funded largely by a Caroline Foundation grant and operated with Delmarva Blood Bank; supervisors will carry one unit and staff aim to launch after January training, with an initial target of February 2026.
Mark Sheridan, director of Caroline County Emergency Services, and Dr. Bridal, the department’s medical director, presented a plan Dec. 16 to carry and administer prehospital whole blood on supervisor EMS units to improve survival in severe hemorrhage and trauma cases.
Sheridan said the program is aimed at a county that lacks a hospital and long transport times to trauma centers. "We are initiating a whole blood program," he said, calling it "an important initiative in a county with no hospital." Dr. Bridal described whole blood’s clinical benefits, saying that in trauma settings "we're talking about 1 in 10 to 1 in 5 will survive because of blood," and that whole blood can buy time when helicopters or…
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