Other causes of respiratory distress and pulmonary edema in the transfusion setting must be fully investigated ... A proper work-up of TRALI should include testing of the donor and recipient ...

In the developed world, most of the reported complications of transfusion have an immunological basis. Although the media and the public are worried about the infectious risks of transfusion ...

County Division of Fire and Rescue Services has a new system to make whole blood transfusions available at the scene of accidents or before going to the hospital. Whole blood is what flows in the ...

VENTURA COUNTY, CA - Ventura County Fire rescue ambulances are now carrying whole blood to save lives. Ventura Fire officials ...

The Ventura County Fire Department has launched an emergency blood transfusion program, equipping its first rescue ambulances with whole blood that officials say could help save lives. In the ...

Incident marked state's first whole blood transfusion performed in the field. Dispatch algorithms for the program sent the rescue ambulance to the scene. A stabbing in Oxnard morphed into a ...