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OUR BLOOD PROGRAM STARTED IN 2018 WE
HAD A A SERIOUS EMERGENCY IN FEBRUARY OF 2018 THAT INVOLVED A FIELD AMPUTATION AIR MEDICAL
ACTUALLY BROUGHT BLOOD PRODUCTS TO THE SCENE AND WE SAVED THAT GENTLEMAN AND SO WE BEGAN
THE PROCESS OF INITIATING THE PROGRAM WE WENT LIVE IN DECEMBER OF 2018 AND WE'RE NOW
CAPABLE OF PERFORMING BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS IN THE FIELD FOR ANYBODY WHO'S SUFFERED A SEVERE
BLOOD LOSS THE SOONER YOU CAN GET INITIATE BLOOD REPLACEMENT THERAPY THE BETTER THE OUTCOME
CAN BE AND SO WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT IN THESE SERIOUS EMERGENCIES WE'RE ABLE TO DELIVER THE
BLOOD PRODUCTS TO THE SCENE AND BEGIN PROVIDING THAT TREATMENT IN THE SAME WAY A HIGH LEVEL
TRAUMA CENTER WOULD DO IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WE ARE FORTUNATE HERE IN FRISCO WE WERE
ONE OF THE FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE FIRST IN NORTH TEXAS
TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS IN THE FIELD
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.