SPILL THE TEA: Colorado Springs Fire Department to soon be able to perform transfusions in the field

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Paramedics working for the Colorado Springs Fire Department will soon be carrying whole blood to perform blood transfusions where they’re so necessary: out in the field!

This is thanks to a new partnership with UCHealth.

“Hemorrhagic shock — bleeding to death — is the leading cause of death for people age 45 and under, and we know that upward of 40% of these patients could survive with immediate blood transfusion in the field,” says Dr. Matt Angelidis, CSFD’s co-chief medical director and an emergency medicine physician at UCHealth. “First responders bringing blood to the scene of an injury will save lives.”

The program is the first of its kind in the state of Colorado and is expected to roll out in May. Watch the video above for more details!

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