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West Valley launches pilot to carry whole blood on ambulances, staff say
Summary
West Valley Fire/EMS presented a plan to carry low‑titer O‑positive whole blood on a refrigerated, AABB‑compliant cooler supplied under agreement with Intermountain Healthcare. Staff said the city would initially carry one unit citywide, train supervisors to oversee transfusions in the field, and rotate unused blood with the hospital on a seven‑day schedule.
West Valley City officials on Oct. 14 told the City Council they are seeking to pilot prehospital whole‑blood transfusions to reduce time to blood for trauma patients. Battalion Chief Sanden Howard and Brandon Kissel of the medical division told the council the program would make West Valley among the first agencies in Utah to carry whole blood on a refrigerated, AABB‑compliant cooler provided under agreement with Intermountain Healthcare.
Howard and Kissel said trauma patients can bleed to death within minutes, and current practice — transporting…
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