Trauma Experts: High shooting rates in Columbus lowering blood supply

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Trauma experts at the state’s busiest adult level one trauma center are worried about what's being described as a startling shortage of blood.Grant Medical Center Trauma Director Dr. Shay O'Mara said that as they watch the city’s escalating homicide rate, they are especially concerned for shooting survivors, “If somebody comes in with a gunshot wound we can exceed 50 units of just red blood cells for one person.”There are close to 6,000 trauma admissions