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Saving Lives in the Face of Disaster
For the first time, technology has given us the capability to simply and efficiently heat blood, plasma or other fluids at the site of the injury for immediate transfusion. Countless lives may be saved as a result....
Treating life-threatening hypothermia just got easier
QinFlow’s portable fluid warmer is uniquely lightweight, maintenance-free and designed to go from point of care to hospital room.
SAFD medics now doing blood transfusions in ambulances, saving lives with whole blood
Patients suffering traumatic injuries and losing blood fast now have a much better chance of surviving. And local medics believe it's the biggest trauma response game changer in decades....
Woman survives traumatic crash thanks to new resource on SAFD EMS units
Kieschnick-Rivas, 37, suffered traumatic cardiac arrest last month, which means she suffered so much trauma that she didn't have a chance of surviving, but thanks to the whole blood transfusion that she received when first responders arrived at scene, she is alive....
More local EMS units carrying equipment to help save lives at trauma scenes
In January, Tiffany Kieschnick-Rivas suffered a stroke while driving and crashed her car. Kieschnick-Rivas said she should be dead. Instead, "I feel amazing today," Kieschnick-Rivas said....
Blood on demand: designing and EMS Mass Transfusion Program
In September 2017 EMS personnel in Loudoun County, Va., responded to a severe crash involving a converted bus and a passenger vehicle. The bus—a school bus transformed into a food truck—t-boned a late-model station wagon on the driver’s side, pushing it into a ditch, pinning it against a guardrail, and coming to rest on top of it...
Northern Virginia FACT*R EMS Training Video (from minute 6:00)
EMS massive transfusion protocol in Northern Virginia. This is a training video on the FACT*R (Field Available Component Transfusion Response) program in Northern Virginia designed to be viewed by all first responders in the Northern Virginia EMS system....
QinFlow Blood And Fluid Warming Systems: Saving Lives Through Efficient Thermal Management
Accidents and unintentional injuries are the third leading cause of mortality in the United States. The ratio of death happening immediately after the injury is even more alarming. Despite advances in medical and emergency management services, more than half of injury patients expire in the field or die shortly after reaching the hospital...
