DOT 'investing heavily' in roadside blood transfusions for crash victims
NHTSA says blood transfusions for crash victims can increase survival rates 37% as DOT pumps millions into pre-hospital care 'when...
The Department of Transportation announced plans to pour hundreds of millions into saving lives on the highway with “post-crash care and pre-hospital blood transfusion capabilities.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration boss Jonathan Morrison recently said that the department has plans to start empowering first responders to administer blood transfusions to crash victims in an effort to save lives.
“When you administer blood to someone who is bleeding out prior to them arriving at the hospital, there is a 37% chance of them making it,” said Morrison.
Blood loss represents a major factor in highway fatalities, and a DOT press release in October said the department plans to address that with “$335 million in investments to support post-crash care and pre-hospital blood transfusion capabilities.”
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