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 ...

A federal grant will fund training and equipment to help first responders deliver blood transfusions at the scene of severe ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Every second counts in an emergency, and Norfolk Fire-Rescue just reached a new milestone in saving lives. First responders in the city performed a whole blood transfusion on the scene ...

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 ...

A new blood transfusion program is making a difference between life and death. Several fire departments now operate with type O+ blood on hand. Paramedics can administer blood to patients in the field ...

Every second counts in trauma care. When a patient experiences life-threatening blood loss, the first hour, often called the golden hour, can determine survival. Hemorrhagic shock accounts for 30-40% ...

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 ...

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 ...

GEORGETOWN, DE -- On Thursday, Sussex County Emergency Medical Services and the Blood Bank of Delmarva celebrated one year of their joint whole blood transfusion program. SCEMS was the first agency in ...

Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. “Blood transfusion is a highly critical, life-saving clinical procedure for a variety of patients, ...

The Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Council of Governments received a $960,000 federal grant for a project to expand pre-hospital blood transfusion in the region. Ryan Hiatt, FM Ambulance operations ...

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 noteworthy ...