Blood shortages weren’t uncommon before the pandemic, but COVID-19 stalled blood donations and escalated the situation into a crisis. Blood shortages can have profound effects on patient care, ...

“Community medical laboratory work used to be done in the public, non-profit hospital system,” noted Ross Sutherland, who apart from being chair of the OHC is an expert on the history of community ...

13 ARE AMONG PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT VACCINATED. METRO EMS JUST CELEBRATED 100 DAYS OF HAVING ACCESS TO BLOOD IN THE FIELD. LOUISVILLE IS THE FIRST AGENCY IN KENTUCKY TO USE BLOOD WHILE TREATING PATIENTS ...

Pasco Fire Rescue launched a new blood transfusion program to help patients on the way to the hospital. The agency is one of the first in the Tampa Bay area to incorporate this program into first ...

Parents often ask about blood tests during routine pediatric visits, but pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, clarifies that healthy children rarely need them. She shares some of the criteria for ...

Picture this: You've just finished your annual doctor's appointment. You feel good, and the routine tests your doctor completed in the office-like blood pressure and resting heart rate-were normal.

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments received a $960,000 federal grant for a project to expand pre-hospital blood transfusion in the region. Ryan Hiatt, FM Ambulance operations ...