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Sanford EMS Administers Whole Blood for First Time; Helps Save Life

Philip Maenza, Jr. says he believes the program is Heaven-sent.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – The uninitiated may have assumed that EMS already used whole blood when administering care – but it turns out, it’s exceedingly rare. Blood needs to be kept at a specific temperature range to be viable, and with a chronic blood shortage in the U-S, it takes training, discretion, and care to be able to store some…

Sanford Ambulance now able to give whole blood before arriving at the hospital

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sanford Ambulance paramedics can now give whole blood at the scene of serious injuries or on the way to the hospital. They say this move is vital to saving lives. Sanford Ambulance Medical Director Dr. Jason Van Valkenburg says, “By starting a transfusion within minutes of injury, we can stabilize severely bleeding patients long before they…