04/04/2025 FireRescue1’s “3 Things We’re Watching at FDIC 2025
How will the future of fire and EMS be impacted by federal government change, force multiplier technology and a new frontier for trauma patient care.
EMS has a long history of moving hospital-based treatments from the operating room and emergency department to the field. Diagnostic devices and advanced treatments, from defibrillation to endotracheal intubation to point-of-care ultrasound, have moved from the hospital to the field.
The latest intervention to make that transition is the field administration of blood products to major trauma patients. EMS agencies and fire-based EMS systems around the country are regularly reporting successful patient resuscitations by giving whole blood in the field.
Delta Development Team is exhibiting its solutions for blood storage at FDIC. We want to know more about the products to store and monitor blood products. We also want to know what the minimum size jurisdiction or patient population a service needs for whole blood and the accompanying costs to make sense. We also want to know what challenges services are experiencing that have implemented whole blood administration.