Blood transfusion before arrival at a hospital reduces mortality from traumatic hemorrhage and shock. Whether transfusion with whole blood is more beneficial than transfusion with blood components ...

Drs. Jeff Jarvis and C.J. Winckler join Jorie Klein to explain the logistics, politics and trust behind scaling blood in the field ...

A North Hills EMS service can now more effectively treat patients with massive blood loss, cheating death as the new therapy ...

The issue According to Vitalant Pittsburgh communications director Maya Santana, the need for blood has remained steady due ...

IN patients with severe chronic anemia, whether or not it is amenable to treatment with specific therapy, the administration of blood transfusions is often necessary to provide immediate symptomatic ...

A blood transfusion provides healthy blood when a person’s body has difficulty producing it. The amount of time it takes for a blood transfusion varies, but it may take up to 4 hours. Blood is ...

Blood transfusion can be lifesaving, but it is not widely known that up to 40-50 percent of blood transfusions in the U.S. are unnecessary, according to the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and ...