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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.