ATCEMS looks toward future of more access to transfusions in the field

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Within the first 48 hours of an additional life-saving tool at Austin-Travis County EMS' fingertips, medics rushed to a call about a patient with a gunshot wound.
They were able to give that patient a blood transfusion thanks to a reserve they had in their vehicle."That patient had a good outcome from the use of that blood," said Captain Christa Stedman, ATCEMS Deputy Public Information Officer. "We can say for certain that for every patient we've administered it to, it had