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West Valley fire crews to carry low‑titer O positive whole blood under Intermountain agreement
Summary
West Valley’s fire medical division presented a prehospital blood-transfusion pilot with Intermountain (IMC): one AABB-compliant cooler, one unit of low‑titer O positive per city on contract, weekly rotation, crew training and an expected use of one to two times per month to reduce time-to-transfusion in major trauma.
West Valley City’s fire department presented a plan to carry whole blood on emergency response units to reduce time to transfusion for major trauma patients. Battalion Chief Brandon Howard said the department has developed a partnership with Intermountain (IMC) to provide blood and that staff have been demoing AABB‑compliant refrigerated coolers for more than two months without issues.
Howard told the council the leading cause of death in major trauma is hemorrhage and that current prehospital care in the county can take 45 minutes to an hour to deliver blood at hospital arrival. The…
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