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Not A-Fib: The Impact of Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion
Episode 456

Not A-Fib: The Impact of Pre-Hospital Blood Transfusion

EMS Today

May 8, 202556m 43s

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Show Notes

Lt. Holly O'Byrne from D.C. Fire & EMS joins the Not A-Fib Podcast to discuss their whole blood program. She talks about the impetus for the program, overcoming hurdles to getting the blood, and the training they needed to do before putting blood on the trucks. She also talks about their successes and the downstream effects of administering blood in the field. The episode wraps up by talking about her experiences as the planning section chief on the IMT at Reagan Washington International Airport after the midair collision of a helicopter and commuter jet over the Potomac River.