Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion Pilot Program

Unidentified presenters · November 17, 2025

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Speaker 1 said Des Moines, West Des Moines, LifeServe and both Methodist and Mercy hospitals have worked together to begin delivering blood to patients in the field. The announcement framed the effort as a coordinated local partnership to place blood on ambulances.

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A group of local hospitals and blood services described a state-awarded pilot to put blood transfusions on ambulances in Iowa, saying it will be the states first program to allow medics to start transfusions before patients reach trauma centers. Presenters said the effort targets rural areas far from trauma centers and called the pilot a potential major advance for survival after traumatic injury.

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