New blood transfusion program helping save lives across DC

Name: New blood transfusion program helping save lives across DC
Uploaded: 2024-12-31T22:21:15Z
Duration: 3 min 13 s
Description: In April, Mayor Bowser and D.C. Fire and EMS announced a Whole Blood Program, which would give patients who need them blood transfusions in the field. In the first nine months of this new program, the survival rate for patients that need blood and aren’t in cardiac arrest has skyrocketed. FOX 5's David Kaplan has the story.

In April, Mayor Bowser and D.C. Fire and EMS announced a Whole Blood Program, which would give patients who need them blood transfusions in the field. In the first nine months of this new program, the survival rate for patients that need blood and aren’t in cardiac arrest has skyrocketed. FOX 5's David Kaplan has the story.

Posted December 31, 2024 5:21pm EST