SAFD’s groundbreaking program has offered 1,000 units of whole blood in the field

Fire Chief Charles Hood confirmed his crews just administered the 1,000th unit of whole blood in the field, a huge milestone.

A San Antonio Fire Department program is now the gold standard across the country, making whole blood available on ambulances and at trauma scenes.– A San Antonio Fire Department program is now the gold standard across the country, making whole blood available on ambulances and at trauma scenes.was driving to the store to get her son iced tea.

“Whether it’s a shooting, stabbing, automobile accident -- we can transport blood to the scene,” Hood said. “It’s about the same size which you’d find in an IV bag. So instead of receiving IV fluids, they can receive whole blood. If you touch it, it’s actually kind of cold, and you don’t want to put cold blood in someone’s body,” said SAFD Engineer Roy Zamora.“So we have a warmer that we use here. The blood will run through the tubing and then to the warmer here,” SAFD Engineer Samuel Guzman explained.

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