Tag: transfusions
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Lifesaving whole blood program begins in Teller County
In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. Paramedics with Ute Pass Regional Health Service District are now bringing another pathway to life when things go terribly wrong. Through a partnership with UCHealth, paramedics with the health service district are now carrying whole blood, enabling them to provide potentially life-saving transfusions to bleeding…
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Colorado Springs’ new whole blood program saves more than 30 lives in its first 100 days
Chelsea Tuff was about a week from her due date the morning of Aug. 6, when she woke up and began experiencing contractions about five minutes apart. After meeting with a midwife a few hours later, it looked like her daughter would be born a week early. “She had a heartbeat, she was moving,” said…