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Regional board authorizes Safe Streets application to pilot whole‑blood, physician‑led ambulance response
Summary
NVCOG members unanimously authorized submission of a $3 million Safe Streets and Roads for All grant to fund 'PULSE' — a pilot that would station whole blood and physician‑led response teams on ambulances and hubs across the region to reduce trauma mortality.
The Central Naugatuck Valley COG authorized staff to submit a $3 million Safe Streets and Roads for All grant application to create "PULSE," a regionwide program that would equip ambulances and response hubs with whole blood and physician‑led teams to treat hemorrhagic shock at crash scenes.
Emergency physicians who helped develop the proposal told the board that prompt whole‑blood administration and early advanced‑provider presence are two of the most…
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