Launched: May 2024
Purpose: Provides immediate, life-saving transfusions in the field for trauma patients experiencing critical blood loss.
Currently Equipped Units: 2 Medical Lieutenant Rigs
Operation Hours: 24/7
Units Carried per Rig: 2
Impact: This pioneering initiative enables medics to deliver whole blood transfusions in the crucial minutes before hospital arrival, significantly increasing survival rates in traumatic emergencies.
100 recipients have received this life saving technology. 72 would’ve perished had they not had whole blood on scene.