Dallas Fire-Rescue launches pilot program to save lives with onboard blood transfusions

Name: Dallas Fire-Rescue launches pilot program to save lives with onboard blood transfusions
Uploaded: 2025-02-13T18:16:00-0600
Duration: 2 min 35 s
Description: When 7-year-old Marigny Wilson-Martin lost a significant amount of blood from a dog bite, New Orleans paramedics saved her life with an immediate blood transfusion. Inspired by this, Dallas Fire-Rescue has started a pilot program to equip ambulances with packed red blood cells to quickly respond to severe trauma cases.

When 7-year-old Marigny Wilson-Martin lost a significant amount of blood from a dog bite, New Orleans paramedics saved her life with an immediate blood transfusion. Inspired by this, Dallas Fire-Rescue has started a pilot program to equip ambulances with packed red blood cells to quickly respond to severe trauma cases.