WASHINGTON — 911.gov announced $1 billion in new federal funding to advance life-saving, post-crash care. The funding includes 24 grants worth $50 million for prehospital blood transfusion programs.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the City of Tampa Fire Rescue a $1.4 million grant to launch a pre-hospital blood transfusion program, allowing paramedics to give ...

Significant bleeding due to traumatic injury is the number one cause of preventable deaths in the U.S., with the majority of deaths occurring within six hours. Emerging evidence suggests that the ...

GREENSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mutual Aid Ambulance Service has added blood administration to its ambulance pre-hospital care capabilities. Having blood on board ambulances will allow paramedics to ...

It took 45 minutes for firefighters to get a 35-year-old man out of a “heavily damaged” car following a car crash on Saturday, officials said. The man’s injuries were extensive, with low blood ...

Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services (CCFES) performed the county's first-ever pre-hospital blood transfusion on a trauma patient. The transfusion involved administering red blood cells and fresh ...

Mike Toole is the managing editor for CBS Boston. He has worked in the WBZ-TV newsroom for more than 20 years. He previously wrote and produced news and sports at WABC-TV in New York. Last Saturday, a ...