“It’s going to save lives” | Grady EMS now performing blood transfusions in the field

Mar 30, 2024 |

ATLANTA — Grady EMS is now equipped with a new life-saving tool that will allow trauma patients who need it to receive whole blood transfusions while en route to the emergency room. Grady Hospital is the only Level 1 trauma center in Atlanta.  Dr. Ryan Fransman, one of several trauma surgeons at the hospital, said, “Grady is one of, if not the busiest trauma centers in the nation.”

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