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Nebraska Community Blood Bank declares emergency shortage
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – A three-day supply is all the Nebraska Community Blood Bank is working with at the moment.
For the first time this year, the main blood supplier for metro hospitals declared a blood emergency, meaning they are critically low on blood supply for the hospitals and patients they serve.
“Right now we are in urgent need of two types of blood. O negative and B negative,” said Robin Stewart with the Nebraska Community Blood Bank.
Ideally, it’d have a 7-day supply.
“We really want to have the blood on the shelves today for what happens tomorrow,” said Stewart.
The NCBB stocks the largest hospital system in the state, Nebraska Medicine. Nebraska Medicine’s lab manager said the shortage has not impacted them yet, but at this rate, it could soon. He said elective surgeries would be the first to go.
“The would be the first group impacted if the blood shortage does continue and we don’t have anything available,” said lab manager Brian White.
The shortage could impact hospitals as soon as the next week or in the next two weeks if people don’t donate, said White. Last year, a blood emergency was called twice.
“We’re sitting at about the same spot,” said White, comparing this year with last. “Right now it’s a critical need for O- blood. Yes it’s happened before. Great thing: we’re Nebraskans and we respond.”
Blood donated with the Nebraska Community Blood Bank stays local. Nebraskan people, helping Nebraskan patients.
For details time and location details of the blood bank, people can go to their website and schedule a time to donate.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A 20-year-old driver accused of reaching 160 mph while fleeing from state troopers in Lancaster County was arrested early Thursday.
The Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) said the incident began around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when a trooper was patrolling on Interstate 80 in Lincoln, southeast of Lincoln Airport. A BMW sedan was reportedly seen speeding at more than 95 mph in a 65 mph zone.
The trooper attempted a traffic stop on the BMW, but the driver accelerated and fled eastbound, NSP said. A pursuit then began.
NSP said the BMW driver reached speeds of more than 160 mph on Interstate 80 before taking the exit at 56th Street and continuing south. The pursuit was discontinued out of concern for public safety.
The suspect vehicle was found several minutes later by another trooper. It was traveling westbound on Cornhusker Highway between 70th and 65th streets.
NSP said the driver again fled from law enforcement, turning northbound onto 56th Street, where another trooper successfully deployed stop sticks. The driver continued before coming to a stop near Highway 77 and Agnew Road in northern Lancaster County and ran off.
Troopers, with help from several other agencies, later found the driver when he returned home around 1:30 a.m. Thursday.
The driver, identified as Nathanael Campbell of Ceresco, was arrested on suspicion of flight to avoid arrest, second-offense willful reckless driving, obstructing a peace officer and other traffic violations. He was lodged in the Lancaster County Jail.
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LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Fans are invited to join the No. 2 Nebraska softball team at Bowlin Stadium on Sunday for a free NCAA selection-show watch party.
Doors open at 5 p.m., and the show begins at 6 p.m. During the event, Nebraska will learn its NCAA Tournament opponents.
Nebraska Athletics said fans will have an opportunity to take a photo with the Big Ten regular-season championship trophy during the event.
Nebraska makes its first appearance in the Big Ten Tournament at Maryland Softball Stadium in College Park, Maryland, on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. It will play either No. 8 Ohio State or No. 9 Michigan.
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