By Bill Carey
SA国际传媒
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. 鈥� The Crawfordsville Fire Department has announced that it is the first department in the Midwest to begin a pilot program to administer whole blood in the field.
The program is a partnership between the fire department, Ascension St. Vincent and Versiti Blood Center of Indiana, reported.
The average transport time from Montgomery County to a trauma hospital in Indianapolis is from 45 minutes to 90 minutes. The whole blood program will increase a patient鈥檚 chance of survival during transport.
鈥淐rawfordsville Fire Department paramedics will be delivering a critical care component that until now was only available by helicopters or hospitals in central Indiana,鈥� Captain Bryan Shaw said. 鈥淭his is just one more way that Crawfordsville Fire will be bringing lifesaving abilities to the patient within minutes of their incident.鈥�