Patients able to get blood transfusions at scene of trauma for first time

Patients no longer have to wait for life-saving blood transfusions until they get to a hospital.

Patients able to get blood transfusions at scene of trauma for first time

Patients no longer have to wait for life-saving blood transfusions until they get to a hospital.

Major haemorrhage is one of the top causes of major trauma but, until now, patients had to be brought to the hospital's emergency department to receive a blood transfusion.

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