Elyria firefighters can now administer blood transfusions directly at emergency scenes as part of a new program launched by ...

The Whole Blood Program is aimed at patients with major trauma, postpartum hemorrhage, and other life‑threatening bleeding, ...

Volunteers rolled up their sleeves for the Cabell County Emergency Medical Services’ annual blood drive to benefit its prehospital ground transport blood administration program on Friday at the ...

Blood transfusions can take 1 to 4 hours. A blood transfusion involves giving you blood from a donor via an intravenous (IV) line. Sometimes, you may receive your own blood if it was collected ...

A blood transfusion can be a life-saving intervention if you’ve lost a lot of blood due to illness or injury, but there are some limits. How many blood transfusions you can safely have depends on your ...

Understand the principles of immunohematology in order to learn the principles involved in the performance of compatibility testing and associated applications including: the importance of the ...

Pre-hospital transfusion improves patient condition, reduces hospital stays and reduces overall use of blood.

In a defining breakthrough for the global fight against thalassaemia, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever oral pill to treat a ...

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 ...